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Suprasellar paraganglioma: a case report and review of the literature.

Naggara O, Varlet P, Page P, Oppenheim C, Meder JF

Department of Neuroradiology, Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Anne, 1 rue Cabanis, 75013, Paris, France, o.naggara@ch-sainte-anne.fr.

Paragangliomas arising in the suprasellar region are extremely rare. We report a case of suprasellar paraganglioma in a 47-year-old man who presented with amnesia and impaired visual acuity without any endocrine dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a large enhancing tumour in the suprasellar area. Following subtotal surgical excision, the diagnosis of paraganglioma was confirmed by pathology. In this case report we describe the MRI pattern of suprasellar paraganglioma and review the literature of this uncommon lesion.

Published 12 October 2005 in Neuroradiology, 47(10): 753-7.
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