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Figure 20. Coronal enhanced T1 weighted image There is a suprasellar meningioma which appears to be arising from the planum sphenoidale and is seen extending along the floor of the anterior cranial fossa where a dural tail (arrow) is visible. The pituitary gland itself appears normal and a cleft of CSF is visible between the meningioma and the pituitary tissue. The meningioma is displacing and possibly involving the optic nerves anterior to the chiasm.