Table 2.
Posterior Fossa Pathologies | Pituitary Pathology | Cavernous Sinus/Orbits | Other |
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Pilocytic astrocytoma Cavernous hemangioma Arteriovenous malformation Basilar impression Dorsal–lateral brainstem ischemic lesions Skull malformation HIV-related lesions Congenital skull bone malformations (e.g., osteogenesis imperfecta) Ischemic infarction Cysts Vascular malformations or venous angioma of the cerebellopontine junction Brainstem angiocavernoma |
Micro/macroadenomas (prolactinomas the most frequent) | Neurofibromatosis type 2 Intracranial intraorbital metastasis Extracranial intraorbital cystic tumors Invasion of the cavernous sinus by macroprolactinomas |
Vascular loops and trigeminal neurovascular conflict Eye trauma Leiomyosarcoma of the venous sinus |