Spontaneous chemical meningitis in craniopharyngioma is a rare phenomenon. The cause of this meningitis is due to rupture of craniopharyngioma and release of chemical contents particularly cholesterol crystals. We report an interesting case of chemical meningitis due to a leaking craniopharyngioma rather than a ruptured one. Very few cases of leaking craniopharyngioma have been reported in the ...

CONTEXT Retrospective studies suggest that adolescents with craniopharyngioma and hypothalamic obesity have increased sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to compare the prevalence of SDB in adolescents with craniopharyngioma-related obesity compared with body mass index (BMI)-matched controls and to explore possible relationships between SDB, insulin...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Craniopharyngioma is a common intracranial tumor characterized by high recurrence rate and poor prognosis in spite of multidisciplinary approaches. The ADAM-like decysin 1 (ADAMDEC1) is a member of a disintegrin and metalloprotease (ADAM) family which correlates with tumor progression and aggressive behavior. This study aimed to detect and inhibit expression of ADAMDEC1 ...

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Craniopharyngioma are the most common non-glial tumors in childhood. The results of different studies indicate that radical excision surgery is not an appropriate treatment strategy for childhood craniopharyngioma with hypothalamic involvement. Stereotactic neurosurgery provides save, minimal invasive and cost-efficient options in the treatment of childhood craniopharyngioma. In this review a s...

BACKGROUND Craniopharyngioma is a rare fetal and neonatal tumor. CASE REPORT We report a case of a congenital craniopharyngioma diagnosed by prenatal magnetic resonance. This diagnosis was confirmed by postnatal MR imaging, neurosurgical treatment and histopathological examination. CONCLUSIONS Outcome of neonatal craniopharyngioma is very poor, even if radical surgery is performed. The main...

We report a unique case of metastatic craniopharyngioma. Initially, the patient had a right frontal craniotomy for resection of a suprasellar mass, which was determined to be an adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma. Seven years later, an MR study of the brain showed two peripheral enhancing lesions adjacent to the dura and contralateral to the craniotomy site. Pathologic examination again showed ...

Ectopic recurrence of craniopharyngioma in the cerebellopontine angle after surgical resection of a suprasellar craniopharyngioma is rare. Thus, only 5 cases were reported with a delay ranging between 4 and 26 years after removal of the primary tumor. We report a unique case of ectopic recurrence of craniopharyngioma in the cerebellopontine angle, which occurred at only 4 months after surgical ...

Craniopharyngioma is a rare tumor arising from squamous rests located at any point along the invagination of primitive stomodeum, Rathke’s pouch, nasopharynx to hypothalamus. 1 There are two peaks in occurrence adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma, one first second decade and other fifth decade. They generally sporadic their molecular pathogenesis poorly defined. clinicopathological forms craniop...

We are reporting a case of craniopharyngioma presenting with features of mania. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of craniopharyngioma with presenting features of mania- The patient is a six years old child with history of maniac behaviour of six months duration. There is no significant family history. During the course in the hospital he was found to be having craniopharyngioma...