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The suprasellar meningioma is definded as a tumor, which originating from the tuberculum sellae in the presellar area, and, developing between the two optic nerves, pushes the chiasm backwards and upwards. The classic syndrome consists of a bitemporal hemianopia with primary optic atrophy and a normal sella in an otherwise healthy middle-aged person (2). Beside this more common type GUIOT and his collaborators (7) have pointed out a type which starts from the diaphragma or dorsum sellae and has a tendency to develop retrosellarly.
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Krenkel, W., Frowein, R.A. (1975). The Suprasellar Meningioma. In: Klug, W., Brock, M., Klinger, M., Spoerri, O. (eds) Meningiomas Diagnostic and Therapeutic Problems Multiple Sclerosis Misdiagnosis Forensic Problems in Neurosurgery. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66118-1_11
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