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Fig. 1.1 Professor Dr. Med. Axel Perneczky (1949–2009) His main fields of activity were microsurgical anatomy and the implicating surgical strategies in neurosurgery, aneurysm and angioma surgery and skull base…
Author No. of patients Age Successful ETV Jones et al. [3] 15 <6 months 7 (47 %) Buxton et al. [22] 4 <1 year 2 (50 %) Cinalli et al….
Fig. 22.1 Rathke cleft cyst. (a) Sagittal T1-weighted post-gadolinium image. (b) Coronal T1-weighted post-gadolinium image. A homogeneous, nonenhancing lesion is seen in the posterior sella, displacing the pituitary gland anteriorly….
Fig. 21.1 (a) Sagittal T1-weighted pre-gadolinium image. (b) Coronal T1-weighted post-gadolinium image. A large mass with heterogeneous signal intensity is centered in the sella with a large cystic suprasellar component…
Fig. 28.1 Meningioma. (a) Sagittal T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced image. (b) Coronal T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced image. A large, enhancing mass is centered in the left parasellar region, with involvement of the sella. The…
Fig. 5.1 Extended endoscopic approaches allow access from the anterior skull base anteriorly to the foramen magnum and upper cervical spine inferiorly (Courtesy of Dr. Luigi Cavallo) 5.2 Comparison of…
Fig. 12.1 Growth hormone (GH)–secreting adenoma. (a) Axial noncontrast CT scan with bony windowing. (b) Intraoperative endoscopic photo. The CT scan shows the large caliber and prominence of the internal…
Fig. 2.1 CT image in sagittal-plane reformation shows the shape and size of the sella, with the pituitary gland and stalk clearly visualized In evaluating sellar lesions, CT has an…
Fig. 10.1 Nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma. (a) Sagittal T1-weighted post-gadolinium image. (b) Coronal T1-weighted post-gadolinium image. A hypoenhancing sellar mass remodels the sellar floor and abuts the cavernous internal carotid arteries…
