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Endoscopic Endonasal Trans-sphenoidal Approach: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pituitary Adenomas
Published on: January 17, 2018
Successful surgical treatment of mature teratoma arising from the sella
Yaxiong Li1, Yuekang Zhang2, Jianguo Xu2
1Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Provence, China ; Department of Neurosurgery, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Provence, China.
Abstract:
Mature teratoma of the pituitary-hypothalamic region is rarely reported in the literature. In this article, we present a 13-year-old girl with clinical and radiological findings that were initially considered as germinoma. However, histological examinations disclosed a mature teratoma. This case highlights that the radiation-induced cerebral edema caused acute hydrocephalus. The mature teratoma is not radiosensitive, and the most appropriate treatment is direct surgery.
