Surgical Treatment of Rathke Cleft Cysts
10 Surgical Treatment of Rathke Cleft Cysts Erin N. Kiehna, Spencer C. Payne, and John A. Jane Jr. Luschka provided the earliest description of a Rathke cleft cyst (RCC) in 1860.1…
Radiation Therapy
13 Radiation Therapy Itai Pashtan, Kevin S. Oh, and Jay S. Loeffler Radiation therapy has an important role in the local control of sellar and parasellar tumors that are not completely…
Transsphenoidal Approaches to the Sellar and Parasellar Area
11 Transsphenoidal Approaches to the Sellar and Parasellar Area Daniel M. Prevedello The sinuses have been used as a corridor to access the pituitary fossa for over 100 years. From the…
Surgical Treatment of Meningiomas
7 Surgical Treatment of Meningiomas Ossama Al-Mefty and Ian F. Dunn The surgeon approaching tumors in the parasellar region must contend with a highly congested neurovascular anatomy surrounding the pituitary gland…
Surgical Treatment of Craniopharyngiomas
8 Surgical Treatment of Craniopharyngiomas R. Michael Scott and Edward R. Smith Craniopharyngiomas are tumors usually found in the region of the infundibulum, although they can develop anywhere along an axis…
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
14 Stereotactic Radiosurgery Ricky Medel, Brian Williams, and Jason P. Sheehan Tumors in and around the sella turcica represent some of the most challenging clinical entities that clinicians have dealt with…
Surgical Treatment of Pituitary Adenomas
6 Surgical Treatment of Pituitary Adenomas Soriya Motivala, Yakov Gologorsky, Joshua Bederson, and Kalmon D. Post Pituitary adenomas are epithelial tumors arising from the adenohypophysis that can manifest with neurologic symptoms…
Chemotherapy Options for Sellar and Parasellar Tumors
16 Chemotherapy Options for Sellar and Parasellar Tumors Arnaldo Neves Da Silva and David Schiff Among the sellar and parasellar tumors that may be amenable to treatment with chemotherapy are pituitary…
Introduction and Historical Perspective
1 Introduction and Historical Perspective Edward R. Laws Jr. and Zachary N. Litvack “As is true of all difficult operative procedures, the performance becomes progressively simplified by the combined suggestion and…
Medical Evaluation and Management
4 Medical Evaluation and Management Mary Lee Vance Of the many types of lesions that occur in the sella or parasellar region, a pituitary adenoma is the most common. All lesions…
