Épine sellaire

Upward Oriented Sellar Spine. MRI Findings

“…observed the sellar spine only once in more than 8000 cases 4 . Since then few cases of sellar spine have been reported in the neuroradiological and neurosurgical literature [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] .…”

“…Even less frequently the sellar spine may be vertically oriented and may displace the pituitary gland upwards 6,11 . In the cases reported by Matsumoto et al a vertically oriented sellar spine pushed the pituitary gland upwards into the suprasellar cistern 11 .…”