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Imaging of the Sella and Parasellar Region

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The complex and intricate anatomy of the sella turcica and parasellar region of the skull base serves as a host to a diverse variety of pathologies. Imaging is paramount in diagnosing these pathologies and preventing transshpenoidal surgery complications by accurately and precisely characterizing sella and parasellar pathologies prior to surgery. This chapter will focus on the preoperative imaging of frequently encountered sella and parasellar pathologies.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Division, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Amar P. Patel MD & Max Wintermark MD, MBA

  2. Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Vivek P. Patel MD, PhD

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Edward R. Laws, Jr

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Indianapolis Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical College New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

    Theodore H. Schwartz

  4. Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Jason P. Sheehan

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Patel, A.P., Patel, V.P., Wintermark, M. (2017). Imaging of the Sella and Parasellar Region. In: Laws, Jr, E.R., Cohen-Gadol, A.A., Schwartz, T.H., Sheehan, J.P. (eds) Transsphenoidal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56691-7_8

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