A case of symptomatic granular cell tumor of the sellar region with large calcification

We report here a rare case of symptomatic granular cell tumor (GCT) of the sellar region with a large calcification. A 70-year-old woman presented with a sellar mass, accompanied by bitemporal hemianopia. The patient was diagnosed preoperatively as having a craniopharyngioma or a pituitary adenoma, because of the large calcification. The patient underwent surgical tumor resection via endoscopic trans-sphenoidal surgery and was diagnosed pathologically as having GCT. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful and her visual field disturbance improved soon after the operation. We briefly discuss the pathological discrimination of GCT and other sellar tumors, since there are many unclear points concerning this rare tumor.