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Sellar Lesions: Evidence-Based Neuroimaging

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This chapter will primarily focus on the role of imaging in the evaluation of pituitary neoplasms (adenomas). Pituitary adenomas are usually benign indolent neoplasms. Although some may lead to symptoms due to hormonal hyperactivity with debilitating systemic consequences or from involvement of adjacent critical structures, many are asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. Adenomas arise from clonal mutations of somatic cells and their cause remains unknown. Oncogenes are not known to play a significant role in their genesis [1]. Definitive treatment involves any combination of medical and surgical intervention depending on the type of hormone they elaborate, their size, and local extent.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA

    Prashant Raghavan

  2. Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, 10065, USA

    C. Douglas Phillips

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  1. Division of Neuroradiology-Neuroimaging, Department of Radiology, Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL, USA

    L. Santiago Medina

  2. Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

    L. Santiago Medina

  3. Former Lecturer in Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    L. Santiago Medina

  4. Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Pina C. Sanelli

  5. Department of Radiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

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Raghavan, P., Phillips, C.D. (2013). Sellar Lesions: Evidence-Based Neuroimaging. In: Medina, L.S., Sanelli, P.C., Jarvik, J.G. (eds) Evidence-Based Neuroimaging Diagnosis and Treatment. Evidence-Based Imaging. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3320-0_28

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