A 63-year-old man was referred to the Massachusetts General Hospital Neuroendocrine & Pituitary Tumor Clinical Center for management of a pituitary macroadenoma.

An MRI without contrast was performed that showed a sellar mass extending into the suprasellar cistern measuring approximately 1.7 cm x 1.2 cm x 2.1 cm (craniocaudal [CC] x anteroposterior [AP] x ...

A 47 year-old woman developed headaches and blurred vision. On examination, she had pallor of the optic discs and a bitemporal hemianopsia. Craniopharyngioma. (Left) T1-weighted sagittal MRI; (Right) ...

Magnetic resonance imaging-detected ... The region from the suprasellar cistern to the ... at a dose of 0.1 mmol per kg body weight, spin-echo T1-weighted axial and sagittal ...

Suprasellar cistern. Interpeduncular cistern. Third ventricle. View the correct answer. 2. ... To further explore the etiology of the lesion, sagittal and postcontrast MRI is performed.

Treatment was not resumed until March 2003, when visual loss worsened (right eye, 20/300; left eye, no perception of light). MRI studies revealed persistent suprasellar disease.

An hourglass shaped, predominantly cystic mass with peripheral enhancement is seen in the sella turcica and suprasellar cistern in this gadolinium-enhanced, T1-weighted MRI scan of the brain.

Craniopharyngioma. (Left) T1-weighted with gadolinium axial MRI; (Middle) T1-weighted with gadolinium coronal MRI; (Right) T1-weighted with gadolinium sagittal MRI;.Note the presence of a large ...