Neurocysticercosis of the Sellar Region

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease affecting the central nervous system (CNS).

A higher degree of suspicion should be maintained for patients originating from regions where the disease is endemic (typically, developing countries).

Cysticercosis is caused by the parasite Taenia solium, the tissue-invading larval form of the pork tapeworm.

Cysticercosis can arise almost anywhere in the CNS (intraparenchymal, cisternal, intraventricular) and in rare cases has been described in the sellar or suprasellar region.

Common clinical symptoms and signs of cysticercosis in the sellar region include headache, vision loss, hypopituitarism, seizures, and meningitis.