Invasive Fungal Sinusitis and Fungal Abscess of the Sella

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Fig. 52.1 Allergic fungal sinusitis. (a) Sagittal T1-weighted precontrast image. (b) Sagittal CT image with contrast enhancement. (c) Coronal T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced image. There is expansion of the sphenoid sinus containing…

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Silent Corticotroph (ACTH) Adenomas

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Fig. 14.1 Silent corticotroph (ACTH) adenoma. (a, b) Sagittal T1-weighted post-gadolinium image. (c) Coronal T1-weighted post-gadolinium image. There is a large, heterogeneously enhancing sellar mass with suprasellar extension and encasement…

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Olfactory Neuroblastoma and Sellar Neuroblastoma

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Fig. 38.1 Olfactory neuroblastoma. (a) Sagittal T1-weighted precontrast image. (b) Coronal T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced image. (c, d) Axial fat-saturated T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced image. There is a large, heterogeneously enhancing mass centered in…

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Spindle Cell Oncocytoma

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Fig. 43.1 Spindle cell oncocytoma. (a) Sagittal T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced MR image. (b) Coronal T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced image. An enhancing mass centered in the sella is eroding the upper clivus, with suprasellar…

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Iatrogenic Pituitary Abscess

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Fig. 75.1 Postoperative pituitary abscess. (a) Sagittal T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced MR image. (b) Coronal T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced image. A peripherally enhancing lesion in the sella displaces the pituitary stalk superiorly. The wall…

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The Normal Pituitary Gland

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Fig. 8.1 Sagittal T1-weighted image without contrast. (1) clivus; (2) pons; (3) third ventricle; (4) sphenoid sinus; (a) anterior pituitary gland; (p) posterior pituitary gland; asterisk indicates pituitary stalk Fig….

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Mucocele and Mucopyocele

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Fig. 53.1 Mucocele. Coronal T1-weighted precontrast MR image. The sphenoid is expanded and contains T1-hyperintense material. The normal pituitary gland is seen superior to the expanded sinus Fig. 53.2 Mucopyocele….

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Lymphoma

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Fig. 41.1 Sellar region lymphoma. (a) Sagittal T1-weighted image. (b) Coronal T1-weighted image. There is nodular thickening of the pituitary stalk with diffuse enlargement of the gland 41.3 Histopathology Sellar…

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Basilar Impression and Invagination

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Fig. 71.1 Basilar impression/invagination. (a) Sagittal T1-weighted precontrast MR image. (b) Sagittal CT image. The clivus is hypoplastic, and there is incomplete segmentation of C2 and C3. The odontoid process…

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