Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of the Skull Base — Case Report
Arq. bras. neurocir; 38 (1), 2019
Publication year: 2019
Introduction Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are pseudotumoral bone lesions of
unknown etiology that are also hypervascularized, benign, and locally destructive.
They are rare in the base of the skull. The present case report describes a case of
aneurysmal bone cyst in the sella turcica.
Case Report The present study was developed at the department of neurosurgery of
the Hospital Universitário Professor Alberto Antunes of the Universidade Federal de
Alagoas (HUPAA-AL, in the Portuguese acronym), Maceió, state of Alagoas, Brazil, and
is accompanied by a review of the literature from the PubMed database. A 17-year-old
female patient with bitemporal hemianopia and intense left hemicranial headache
associated with symptoms from the cranial nerves contained in the cavernous sinus.
Neuroimaging evidenced a large lesion in the suprasellar region with calcification foci,
sellar erosion, and extension to the cavernous sinus. The patient was submitted to a
partial lesion resection and the histopathological analysis showed an aneurysmal bone
cyst.
Conclusion A rare case of intracranial aneurysmal bone cyst, with the important
differential diagnosis from pituitary adenoma.