Table 1.

Clinicopathological details of the present 4 cases of sellar/suprasellar neurocytoma.

case	Sex	Age	Initial symptoms	Serum vasopressin	Pituitary hormone	Location	Focal infiltrations	Preoperative impression	Type	Initial operation	Adjuvant radiotherapy	Recurrence (months)	second operation	Type	follow-up (months)
1	F	28	Visual disturbances; 2-year	normal	normal	S/S	yes	Pituitary adenoma	typical	STR	No	Yes (50)	STR	atypical	(live) 63
2	M	46	Visual impairment; 2-year	NA	NA	S/S	yes	Pituitary adenoma	typical	STR	No	Yes (118)	STR	typical	(live) 137
3	F	27	Blurred vision; 5-month	NA	normal	S/S	yes	Pituitary benign tumor	typical	GTR	No	No	No	No	(live) 65
4	F	40	Bitemporal hemianopsia; 10-month	NA	normal	S/S	yes	Pituitary adenoma	atypical	STR	No	Yes (11)	STR	atypical	(live) 23

NA, Not available; S/S, Sellar/Suprasellar; S, Sellar; PA, Pituitary adenoma; STR, Subtotal resection; GTR, Gross total resection.