Suprasellar cystic lesions

The differential for suprasellar cystic lesions is large and predominantly includes developmental and neoplastic conditions.

Differential diagnosis

Developmental

• arachnoid cyst
• craniopharyngioma
• Rathke's cleft cyst
• dermoid cyst
• epidermoid cyst
• ependymal cyst
• enlarged perivascular spaces

Neoplasms

• pilocytic astrocytoma
• pilomyxoid astrocytoma

Others

• saccular cerebral aneurysm
• neurocysticercosis