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While a broad set of lesions can involve the sella and parasellar regions, pituitary adenomas are the most common pathologies in clinical practice. In this syllabus, we discuss pertinent information regarding the imaging of pituitary adenomas, as well as many less common disorders that are included in the differential diagnosis.
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Truwit, C., Kucharczyk, W. (2016). Disorders of the Sellar and Parasellar Region. In: Hodler, J., Kubik-Huch, R., von Schulthess, G. (eds) Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine 2016-2019. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30081-8_16
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