Intrasellar cavernous hemangiomas: A case report with a comprehensive review of the literature

CONCLUSION: Neurosurgeons should consider this rare pathology in the preoperative differential diagnosis of sellar tumors. Bright hyperintense T2 signal with or without signal voids associated with centripetal delayed contrast enhancement in magnetic resonance imaging images might raise the suspicion which can be further confirmed intraoperatively with frozen sections. Due the reported high vascularity and intraoperative profuse bleeding leading to high operative morbidities, piecemeal subtotal resection followed by radiosurgery may be considered today as the safest and most effective strategy.PMID:33654561 | PMC:PMC7911136 | DOI:10.25259/SNI_622_2020

Source: Surgical Neurology International - March 3, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Sultan Al-Saiari Khalid Al-Orabi Ahmed Farag Zaina Brinji Azza Azzouz Tahira Mohammed Deepa Mushtaq Waeel Hamouda Source Type: research