Co-existing Tumors On Suprasellar Region : A Rare Case and Re-view of Literature
Abstract
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old female presented to the clinic with a headache and progressive vision loss. In cranial Magnetic Resonance (MR) images, a T1A hypointense, T2A iso-hyper intense heterogenous contrasting suprasellar mass lesion was observed. The patient was operated on with a diagnosis of suprasellar meningioma. At the suprasellar region, a mass that macroscopic view and consistency compatible with epidermoid cyst explored intraoperative incidentally. Two different pathological specimens were sent to pathology. The patient's pathology was reported as WHO 2021, Transitional type grade 1 Meningioma, and Epidermoid cyst content.
Conclusion: The number of cases with meningiomas and epidermoid cysts is very low in the literature. Despite advanced MR imaging techniques, cystic lesions can be overlooked in the diagnosis. The occurrence of two different histopathological types of tumors in the same localization can be explained by the local paracrine effects of the tumors.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Health Care Administration
Journal Section
Case Report
Authors
Giray Güneş
0000-0003-4610-414X
Türkiye
Fatih Koç
0000-0002-7363-777X
Türkiye
Ünal Özüm
0000-0003-2065-2033
Türkiye
Publication Date
October 1, 2022
Submission Date
February 13, 2022
Acceptance Date
September 28, 2022
Published in Issue
Year 2022 Volume: 44 Number: 3