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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neurol Surg Rep 2017; 78(01): e26-e33
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1598203
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Remarkable Diagnostic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Sellar Xanthogranuloma: Report of Three First Cases in Latin America

Mario Tapia Céspedes
1   Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Regional Hospital of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
,
Jaime Pinto Vargas
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Regional Hospital of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
,
Fernando Andrade Yañez
3   Department of Radiology, Regional Hospital of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
,
Loreto Spencer León
4   Department of Pathology, Regional Hospital of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
,
Pablo Álvarez Arancibia
5   Faculty of Medicine, University of Concepción, Concepción, Chile
,
Thomas Schmidt Putz
6   Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Concepción, Chile
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17 July 2016

21 December 2016

Publication Date:
09 March 2017 (online)

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Abstract

The sellar xanthogranuloma is a rare lesion of the sellar–parasellar region difficult to differentiate from other tumors such as craniopharyngiomas or Rathke's cleft cyst in the preoperative evaluation. As they are recently recognized as a separate entity and the few number of reports in the literature, its etiology is unknown and its impact remains uncertain. This article will describe the first three cases reported in Latin America, identified in one of them an imaging feature that may be helpful to elucidate an imaging growth pattern. Current evidence will be described regarding to the clinicopathological features, imaging diagnosis, and etiology origin theories.

Keywords

xanthogranuloma - craniopharyngioma - sellar region - MRI
 

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