Erosion Sellar Floor

Erosion or remodelling of the pituitary floor is of limited help since it may be a normal finding.

Erosion sellar floor.

Thickening of the tuberculum or of the clinoid processes and blistering of the planum sphenoidale have frequently been reported in association with meningiomas of the sella turcica. In patients with a known pituitary microadenoma erosion or remodelling of the pituitary floor is a sign of inferior extension. Gliomas of the optic nerve and hypothalamus may erode the clinoid processes. Chordoma of the clivus is frequently associated with erosion of the dorsum sellae and the sellar floor.

Focal erosion of the lateral margins secondary to an aneurysm focal erosions of the floor by pituitary lesions and selective erosion of the posteroinferior floor secondary to chronic increased intracranial pressure 3 4 are some of the more dependable findings. Furthermore osteolysis of the dorsum sellae and clinoids sometimes occur in childhood leukemia and langerhans cell histiocyto. Another measurement important in transsphenoidal surgery is the thickness of the anterior sellar wall and sellar floor. Erosion or destruction of the sella turcica can arise with any of numerous intracranial tumors including.

Primary or secondary neoplasms including. Mucocele of the sphenoid sinus.