Confounding features of ectopic craniopharyngioma: A differential for tumors showing diffusion restriction

Craniopharyngiomas comprise approximately 1-3% of all intracranial tumors and arise from squamous epithelial rests along remnants of Rathke's cleft. They have bimodal age distribution. The ectopic sites reported are the nasopharynx, sphenoid bone, pineal region, cerebellopontine angle and third...

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Autores principales: Karnan, Sudha, Krishnamoorthy, Vanitha, Natarajan, Kailasanathan, Sathyanathan, Babu Peter
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5379785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28413554
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.149999
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author Karnan, Sudha
Krishnamoorthy, Vanitha
Natarajan, Kailasanathan
Sathyanathan, Babu Peter
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description Craniopharyngiomas comprise approximately 1-3% of all intracranial tumors and arise from squamous epithelial rests along remnants of Rathke's cleft. They have bimodal age distribution. The ectopic sites reported are the nasopharynx, sphenoid bone, pineal region, cerebellopontine angle and third ventricle. We report a case of ectopic craniopharyngioma in the Foramen of Monro with restricted diffusion, which have is an unusual feature, not commonly reported and is a potential pitfall.
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spelling pubmed-53797852017-04-14 Confounding features of ectopic craniopharyngioma: A differential for tumors showing diffusion restriction Karnan, Sudha Krishnamoorthy, Vanitha Natarajan, Kailasanathan Sathyanathan, Babu Peter Asian J Neurosurg Case Report Craniopharyngiomas comprise approximately 1-3% of all intracranial tumors and arise from squamous epithelial rests along remnants of Rathke's cleft. They have bimodal age distribution. The ectopic sites reported are the nasopharynx, sphenoid bone, pineal region, cerebellopontine angle and third ventricle. We report a case of ectopic craniopharyngioma in the Foramen of Monro with restricted diffusion, which have is an unusual feature, not commonly reported and is a potential pitfall. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5379785/ /pubmed/28413554 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.149999 Text en Copyright: © 2014 Asian Journal of Neurosurgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Confounding features of ectopic craniopharyngioma: A differential for tumors showing diffusion restriction
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title_full Confounding features of ectopic craniopharyngioma: A differential for tumors showing diffusion restriction
title_fullStr Confounding features of ectopic craniopharyngioma: A differential for tumors showing diffusion restriction
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title_short Confounding features of ectopic craniopharyngioma: A differential for tumors showing diffusion restriction
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5379785/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.149999
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