CT and MRI appearances of primary sphenoid melanoma: a rare case

K Batra, A Chhabra, J Rampure… - American journal …, 2005 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Primary sphenoid melanoma is a rare tumor. A 75-year-old man presented with complaints
of headache and visual complaints for a few days. CT and MRI of the brain demonstrated a …

A case report of malignant melanoma of the sphenoid sinus

K Tsukahara, K Nakamura, R Motohashi… - Case Reports in …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Malignant melanoma of the sphenoid sinus is a very rare disease, and only 6 cases have
previously been reported. The present case involved a 74‐year‐old woman who was …

Malignant Melanoma Arising From the Sphenoidal Sinus—Case Report—

K ASANO, E SOBATA, K YAMAZAKI… - Neurologia medico …, 2000 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Malignant melanomas arising from the sella turcica or sphenoidal sinus with bilateral
invasion of the base of the skull or cavernous sinus are extremely rare. Whether the sella …

Melanoma of sphenoid sinus. Case presentation and review of literature

M García - Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola, 2004 - europepmc.org
The primary malignant melanomas of sphenoidal sinus are very uncommon tumours. We
are reporting a clinical case of a 56 years-old male who was sent from the Neurology …

Primary melanoma of the sphenoid sinus presenting with a third cranial nerve palsy

SC Lynch, AG Lee, SM Graham… - Journal of neuro …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
An 83-year-old woman presented with right trigeminal paresthesias, upper lid ptosis, and
diplopia and was found to have a right third cranial nerve palsy. MRI disclosed a right …

Melanoma of the sellar region mimicking pituitary adenoma

M Sidiropoulos, LV Syro, F Rotondo… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We report here the case of an 82‐year‐old woman who presented with visual disturbance.
MRI demonstrated a sellar mass. The diagnosis of pituitary adenoma was made. She …

A rare case of primary sellar melanoma: Case report

J Tüttenberg, W Fink, W Back, F Wenz… - Journal of …, 2004 - thejns.org
✓ The authors report on the case of a 37-year-old woman in whom a primary sellar
malignant melanoma mimicking a hemorrhagic pituitary macroadenoma was treated. This …

Melanocytoma of the cavernous sinus: CT and MR findings.

SH Faro, RA Koenigsberg, AR Turtz… - American journal of …, 1996 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
We present the CT, MR angiographic, and histologic findings of a rare primary meningeal
melanocytoma of the cavernous sinus. The primary differential diagnosis is between a …

The sphenoid: tumoral pathology

N Martin-Duverneuil, F Lafitte, S Jarquin… - Journal of …, 2003 - europepmc.org
The interest and difficulty of sphenoid tumor imaging relate mainly to its great diversity.
Detection may be difficult due to variable tumor size and often misleading clinical data …

Rapidly progressive bilateral ophthalmoplegia and enlarging sellar mass caused by amelanotic melanoma

S Jacob, E Pye, M Hbahbih, N Messios… - Journal of neuro …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
A 63-year-old woman with diplopia and bilateral ptosis underwent brain MRI that showed a
pituitary mass with signal characteristics suggestive of adenoma. Within one week she had …