Unexpected concomitant pituitary adenoma and suprasellar meningioma: a case report and review of the literature

Abstract

We report a case of a 75-year-old patient with hypopituitarism, bitemporal visual field deficits and a parasellar mass on pituitary MRI. During surgery, suspicion was raised that a non-functioning pituitary adenoma was accompanied by an abutting diaphragm sellae meningioma, which was confirmed at pathological examination. In retrospect, the initial MRI suggested two separate tumours on the basis of differing densities but this distinction was not seen on the last preoperative MRI.

Keywords: concomitant; endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery; glomangiopericytoma; meningioma; mimicking; pituitary adenoma.