Extrasellar

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Beyond the sella turcica not-comparable

    "In a recent post-marketing study, adult patients with childhood-onset craniopharyngeoma^([sic]) had HRQoL similar to patients with childhood-onset extrasellar tumours, or to patients with childhood-onset idiopathic congenital hypopituitarism [27 ]."

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"In a recent post-marketing study, adult patients with childhood-onset craniopharyngeoma^([sic]) had HRQoL similar to patients with childhood-onset extrasellar tumours, or to patients with childhood-onset idiopathic congenital hypopituitarism [27 ]."

Etymology

From extra- + sellar.

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sella turcica

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