PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lui, Y.W.
AU  - Dasari, S.B.
AU  - Young, R.J.
TI  - Sphenoid Masses in Children: Radiologic Differential Diagnosis with Pathologic Correlation
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A2144
DP  - 2011 Apr 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 617--626
VI  - 32
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/32/4/617.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/32/4/617.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2011 Apr 01; 32
AB  - SUMMARY: Childhood central skull base masses are rare, often difficult to diagnose, and have overlapping imaging findings. In this review, we provide an overview of the epidemiology, clinical findings, and management of pediatric sphenoid bone and sphenoid sinus masses with an emphasis on imaging findings that may help to differentiate lesions. Radiologic-pathologic correlation is provided. Finally, an imaging-based algorithm is presented as a guide to help radiologists narrow their differential diagnoses. Some of the entities discussed are virtually unique to the pediatric population; others occur rarely in this age group but should be considered in the appropriate clinical setting. Entities included in the discussion are grouped into 2 categories: those that cause nonaggressive osseous remodeling and those that are more commonly associated with aggressive bone changes. Mucocele, aneurysmal bone cyst, giant cell lesions, meningioma, and fibrous dysplasia tend to remodel bone, while entities such as chordoma, craniopharyngioma, rhabdomyosarcoma, sinonasal carcinoma, and neuroblastoma may cause more aggressive local bone changes. FLAIRfluid-attenuated inversion recoveryHEhematoxylin-eosinNF 1neurofibromatosis type 1NF 2neurofibromatosis type 2T1WIT1 weighted imagingT2WIT2 weighted imaging