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Sellar Solitary Fibrous Tumor

MedGen UID:
1653451
•Concept ID:
C4744377
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Sellar Hemangiopericytoma/ Solitary Fibrous Tumor; Sellar Solitary Fibrous Tumor/Hemangiopericytoma

Definition

An extremely rare meningeal solitary fibrous tumor that arises from the sellar region. [from NCI]

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Three-Dimensional Endoscopic Endonasal Approach and Outcomes in Sellar Lesions: A Single-Center Experience of 104 Cases.
Pennacchietti V, Garzaro M, Grottoli S, Pacca P, Garbossa D, Ducati A, Zenga F
World Neurosurg 2016 May;89:121-5. Epub 2016 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.01.049. PMID: 26836697
A highly vascular intracranial solitary fibrous tumor treated with radiotherapy and toremifene: case report.
Macfarlane RG, Galloway M, Plowman PN, Thomas DG
Neurosurgery 2005 Jun;56(6):E1378; discussion E1378. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000159717.37748.b5. PMID: 15918957

Diagnosis

Neuropathology Entities Involving the Sinonasal Tract.
Roberts KF, Dahiya SM
Surg Pathol Clin 2024 Dec;17(4):733-748. Epub 2024 Aug 17 doi: 10.1016/j.path.2024.07.011. PMID: 39489560
Intracranial Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Skull Base: 2 Cases and Systematic Review of the Literature.
Gopakumar S, Srinivasan VM, Hadley CC, Anand A, Daou M, Karas PJ, Mandel J, Gopinath SP, Patel AJ
World Neurosurg 2021 May;149:e345-e359. Epub 2021 Feb 17 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.02.026. PMID: 33609763
Supraorbital Craniotomy for Sellar Solitary Fibrous Tumor: Operative Technique and Literature Review.
Gunasekaran A, Santos JM, Vandergrift WA 3rd
World Neurosurg 2020 Sep;141:395-401. Epub 2020 Jul 5 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.06.108. PMID: 32640325
Solitary fibrous tumor of the central nervous system: a 15-year literature survey of 220 cases (August 1996-July 2011).
Bisceglia M, Galliani C, Giannatempo G, Lauriola W, Bianco M, D'angelo V, Pizzolitto S, Vita G, Pasquinelli G, Magro G, Dor DB
Adv Anat Pathol 2011 Sep;18(5):356-92. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e318229c004. PMID: 21841406
A highly vascular intracranial solitary fibrous tumor treated with radiotherapy and toremifene: case report.
Macfarlane RG, Galloway M, Plowman PN, Thomas DG
Neurosurgery 2005 Jun;56(6):E1378; discussion E1378. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000159717.37748.b5. PMID: 15918957

Therapy

Three-Dimensional Endoscopic Endonasal Approach and Outcomes in Sellar Lesions: A Single-Center Experience of 104 Cases.
Pennacchietti V, Garzaro M, Grottoli S, Pacca P, Garbossa D, Ducati A, Zenga F
World Neurosurg 2016 May;89:121-5. Epub 2016 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.01.049. PMID: 26836697
Solitary fibrous tumor of the sella mimicking pituitary adenoma: an uncommon tumor in a rare location-a case report.
Furlanetto TW, Pinheiro CF, Oppitz PP, de Alencastro LC, Asa SL
Endocr Pathol 2009 Spring;20(1):56-61. doi: 10.1007/s12022-009-9063-5. PMID: 19224406
A highly vascular intracranial solitary fibrous tumor treated with radiotherapy and toremifene: case report.
Macfarlane RG, Galloway M, Plowman PN, Thomas DG
Neurosurgery 2005 Jun;56(6):E1378; discussion E1378. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000159717.37748.b5. PMID: 15918957

Prognosis

Three-Dimensional Endoscopic Endonasal Approach and Outcomes in Sellar Lesions: A Single-Center Experience of 104 Cases.
Pennacchietti V, Garzaro M, Grottoli S, Pacca P, Garbossa D, Ducati A, Zenga F
World Neurosurg 2016 May;89:121-5. Epub 2016 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.01.049. PMID: 26836697
Solitary fibrous tumor of the central nervous system: a 15-year literature survey of 220 cases (August 1996-July 2011).
Bisceglia M, Galliani C, Giannatempo G, Lauriola W, Bianco M, D'angelo V, Pizzolitto S, Vita G, Pasquinelli G, Magro G, Dor DB
Adv Anat Pathol 2011 Sep;18(5):356-92. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e318229c004. PMID: 21841406
Solitary fibrous tumor of the sella mimicking pituitary adenoma: an uncommon tumor in a rare location-a case report.
Furlanetto TW, Pinheiro CF, Oppitz PP, de Alencastro LC, Asa SL
Endocr Pathol 2009 Spring;20(1):56-61. doi: 10.1007/s12022-009-9063-5. PMID: 19224406
A highly vascular intracranial solitary fibrous tumor treated with radiotherapy and toremifene: case report.
Macfarlane RG, Galloway M, Plowman PN, Thomas DG
Neurosurgery 2005 Jun;56(6):E1378; discussion E1378. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000159717.37748.b5. PMID: 15918957

Clinical prediction guides

Pituicytomas, a mis-diagnosed benign tumor of the neurohypophysis: report of three cases.
Figarella-Branger D, Dufour H, Fernandez C, Bouvier-Labit C, Grisoli F, Pellissier JF
Acta Neuropathol 2002 Sep;104(3):313-9. Epub 2002 Jun 19 doi: 10.1007/s00401-002-0557-1. PMID: 12172918

Recent systematic reviews

Intracranial Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Skull Base: 2 Cases and Systematic Review of the Literature.
Gopakumar S, Srinivasan VM, Hadley CC, Anand A, Daou M, Karas PJ, Mandel J, Gopinath SP, Patel AJ
World Neurosurg 2021 May;149:e345-e359. Epub 2021 Feb 17 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.02.026. PMID: 33609763

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