Tuberculum sellae meningioma epidemiology
Tuberculum sellae meningioma (TS) and diaphragma sellae meningiomas represent 5–10% of all intracranial meningiomas. 1).
True TS meningiomas are more common than DS meningiomas 2) 3) 4)
The coexistence of a pituitary macroadenoma and a tuberculum sellae meningioma is very rare 5).
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