suprasellar meningioma

suprasellar meningioma
a meningioma located above the sella turcica near its tuberculum; because of its proximity to the optic chiasm, it pushes against the optic nerve and causes bitemporal hemianopia and other visual deficits. Called also m. of the tuberculum sellae.

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