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Sellar Immature Teratoma

MedGen UID:
1668345
•Concept ID:
C4744393
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Immature Teratoma of the Sellar Region

Definition

An immature teratoma that arises from or adjacent to the sellar region. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinical management of teratoma, a rare hypothalamic-pituitary neoplasia.
Chiloiro S, Giampietro A, Bianchi A, De Marinis L
Endocrine 2016 Sep;53(3):636-42. Epub 2015 Dec 23 doi: 10.1007/s12020-015-0814-4. PMID: 26701679

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Endoscopically operated 15 ventral skull-base dermoid and epidermoid cysts: Outcomes of a case series and technical note.
Ergen A, Caklili M, Uzuner A, Kurnaz Ozbek S, Cabuk B, Anik I, Ceylan S
Neurochirurgie 2023 Mar;69(2):101424. Epub 2023 Mar 1 doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2023.101424. PMID: 36868134
Sellar Region Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumors in Adults: Clinicopathological Characterization of Five Cases and Review of the Literature.
Paolini MA, Kipp BR, Sukov WR, Jenkins SM, Barr Fritcher EG, Aranda D, SantaCruz KS, Al-Dandan S, Fisher P, McDonald WC, Bondurant CP, Van Dyke Darkow G, Giannini C, Parisi JE, Jentoft ME, Raghunathan A
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2018 Dec 1;77(12):1115-1121. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nly091. PMID: 30295777
Endoscopic removal of a suprasellar dermoid cyst in a pediatric patient: a case report and review of the literature.
Kahilogullari G, Yakar F, Bayatli E, Erden E, Meco C, Unlu A
Childs Nerv Syst 2018 Aug;34(8):1583-1587. Epub 2018 Mar 20 doi: 10.1007/s00381-018-3777-y. PMID: 29557987
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the sellar region in adult women: Is it a sex-related disease?
Nishikawa A, Ogiwara T, Nagm A, Sano K, Okada M, Chiba A, Agata M, Kaneko T, Tamada H, Uehara T, Hongo K
J Clin Neurosci 2018 Mar;49:16-21. Epub 2017 Dec 14 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.12.010. PMID: 29248378
Frontal dermoid cyst coexisting with suprasellar craniopharyngioma: a spectrum of ectodermally derived epithelial-lined cystic lesions?
Abou-Al-Shaar H, Abd-El-Barr MM, Zaidi HA, Russell-Goldman E, Folkerth RD, Laws ER Jr, Chiocca EA
Neurosurg Focus 2016 Dec;41(6):E16. doi: 10.3171/2016.8.FOCUS16238. PMID: 27903118

Diagnosis

Suprasellar Mature Cystic Teratoma Mimicking Rathke's Cleft Cyst: A Case Report and Systematic Review of the Literature.
Jiang S, Wang Z, You Y, Wang R, Bao X
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021;12:731088. Epub 2021 Sep 30 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.731088. PMID: 34659119Free PMC Article
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the sellar region in adult women: Is it a sex-related disease?
Nishikawa A, Ogiwara T, Nagm A, Sano K, Okada M, Chiba A, Agata M, Kaneko T, Tamada H, Uehara T, Hongo K
J Clin Neurosci 2018 Mar;49:16-21. Epub 2017 Dec 14 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.12.010. PMID: 29248378
Teratoma of the Sellar Region: a Case Report.
Saeger W, Ebrahimi A, Beschorner R, Spital H, Honegger J, Wilczak W
Endocr Pathol 2017 Dec;28(4):315-319. doi: 10.1007/s12022-016-9465-0. PMID: 28102527
Rare sellar lesions.
Glezer A, Paraiba DB, Bronstein MD
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2008 Mar;37(1):195-211, x. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2007.10.003. PMID: 18226737
Cerebral dermoid tumours.
Arseni C, Dănăilă L, Constantinescu AI, Carp N, Decu P
Neurochirurgia (Stuttg) 1976 May;19(3):104-14. doi: 10.1055/s-0028-1090397. PMID: 934416

Therapy

Metastatic malignant struma ovarii to the pituitary presenting as a sellar mass and responding to total thyroidectomy with adjuvant radioactive iodine therapy.
Dissanayake A, Liu AY, Gooderham PA, MacKenzie-Feder J
BMJ Case Rep 2024 Jun 4;17(6) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-259391. PMID: 38834312

Prognosis

Sellar Region Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumors in Adults: Clinicopathological Characterization of Five Cases and Review of the Literature.
Paolini MA, Kipp BR, Sukov WR, Jenkins SM, Barr Fritcher EG, Aranda D, SantaCruz KS, Al-Dandan S, Fisher P, McDonald WC, Bondurant CP, Van Dyke Darkow G, Giannini C, Parisi JE, Jentoft ME, Raghunathan A
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2018 Dec 1;77(12):1115-1121. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nly091. PMID: 30295777
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the sellar region in adult women: Is it a sex-related disease?
Nishikawa A, Ogiwara T, Nagm A, Sano K, Okada M, Chiba A, Agata M, Kaneko T, Tamada H, Uehara T, Hongo K
J Clin Neurosci 2018 Mar;49:16-21. Epub 2017 Dec 14 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.12.010. PMID: 29248378
Teratoma of the Sellar Region: a Case Report.
Saeger W, Ebrahimi A, Beschorner R, Spital H, Honegger J, Wilczak W
Endocr Pathol 2017 Dec;28(4):315-319. doi: 10.1007/s12022-016-9465-0. PMID: 28102527
Multilocated mature teratoma: a case report and review of the literature.
Colpan ME, Unlu A, Erden E, Kanpolat Y
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2004 Oct;146(10):1145-50. doi: 10.1007/s00701-004-0314-4. PMID: 15744851
Radiological investigation of sellar region masses in children.
Miller JH, Peņa AM, Segall HD
Radiology 1980 Jan;134(1):81-7. doi: 10.1148/radiology.134.1.6765992. PMID: 6765992

Clinical prediction guides

Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor in adults: a systematic review of the literature with meta-analysis and additional reports of 4 cases.
Broggi G, Gianno F, Shemy DT, Massimino M, Milanaccio C, Mastronuzzi A, Rossi S, Arcella A, Giangaspero F, Antonelli M
J Neurooncol 2022 Mar;157(1):1-14. Epub 2022 Feb 25 doi: 10.1007/s11060-022-03959-z. PMID: 35217948
Expanded transnasal approaches to the skull base in the Middle East: Where do we stand?
Alsaleh S, Albakr A, Alromaih S, Alatar A, Alroqi AS, Ajlan A
Ann Saudi Med 2020 Mar-Apr;40(2):94-104. Epub 2020 Apr 2 doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2020.94. PMID: 32241167Free PMC Article
Craniopharyngioma and other cystic epithelial lesions of the sellar region: a review of clinical, imaging, and histopathological relationships.
Zada G, Lin N, Ojerholm E, Ramkissoon S, Laws ER
Neurosurg Focus 2010 Apr;28(4):E4. doi: 10.3171/2010.2.FOCUS09318. PMID: 20367361
Multilocated mature teratoma: a case report and review of the literature.
Colpan ME, Unlu A, Erden E, Kanpolat Y
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2004 Oct;146(10):1145-50. doi: 10.1007/s00701-004-0314-4. PMID: 15744851
Immature teratoma originating from the pituitary gland: case report.
Nishioka H, Ito H, Haraoka J, Akada K
Neurosurgery 1999 Mar;44(3):644-7; discussion 647-8. doi: 10.1097/00006123-199903000-00115. PMID: 10069602

Recent systematic reviews

Intrasellar Dermoid Cyst: Case Report of a Rare Lesion and Systematic Literature Review Comparing Intrasellar, Suprasellar, and Parasellar Locations.
Donofrio CA, Bertazzoni G, Riccio L, Pinacoli A, Pianta L, Generali D, Ungari M, Servadei F, Roncaroli F, Fioravanti A
World Neurosurg 2024 Feb;182:83-90. Epub 2023 Nov 22 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.11.057. PMID: 37995988
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor in adults: a systematic review of the literature with meta-analysis and additional reports of 4 cases.
Broggi G, Gianno F, Shemy DT, Massimino M, Milanaccio C, Mastronuzzi A, Rossi S, Arcella A, Giangaspero F, Antonelli M
J Neurooncol 2022 Mar;157(1):1-14. Epub 2022 Feb 25 doi: 10.1007/s11060-022-03959-z. PMID: 35217948
Suprasellar Mature Cystic Teratoma Mimicking Rathke's Cleft Cyst: A Case Report and Systematic Review of the Literature.
Jiang S, Wang Z, You Y, Wang R, Bao X
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021;12:731088. Epub 2021 Sep 30 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.731088. PMID: 34659119Free PMC Article

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