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Pituitary and Sellar Tumors

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The architecture of the sellar region is intricate, and the variety of tumours that can develop there—from benign to life-threatening—is due to this region's numerous diverse tissue types. Despite this variety, the five most common lesions—adenomas, meningiomas, aneurysms, astrocytomas, and craniopharyngiomas—are responsible for almost 80% of sellar area tumors. We aim to test the knowledge of the reader by providing thirty questions on this topic.

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  1. College of Medicine, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia

    Ahmed A. Najjar

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    Mohammed Jawhari

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Najjar, A.A., Jawhari, M. (2023). Pituitary and Sellar Tumors. In: Neuro-Oncology Explained Through Multiple Choice Questions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13253-7_18

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