Posterior fossa craniopharyngioma

Bashir, Elfatih M.; Lewis, Paul D.; Edwards, Megan R.

doi:10.1080/02688699646970

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“…Accordingly, ectopic craniopharyngioma often presents with invasive characteristics. 2,9 The tumor we describe was a partially intra-axial tumor with invasion of the brainstem and cerebellum. These hypotheses need to be further explored.…”

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Isolated cerebellopontine angle craniopharyngioma

Yan

Tang

et al. 2009

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

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“…This tumour extends into the posterior fossa in 4-5.9% of all craniopharyngiomas. 1,2 Rarely, craniopharyngioma arises from the cerebellopontine angle without a sellar region component. To date, only 5 surgically treated patients have been reported (Table 1).…”

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Isolated cerebellopontine angle craniopharyngioma

Yan

Tang

et al. 2009

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

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“…5,7,11,13 Multiple cases of the isolated CPA craniopharyngioma have been reported. 3,16,20,24 Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the formation mechanism of ectopic RCC is similar to that of craniopharyngioma. Rathke's pouch arises as an invagination of the primitive oral cavity and fuses with the developing neural tube at the early embryological period.…”

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An isolated primary Rathke's cleft cyst in the cerebellopontine angle

Fan¹,

Qi²,

Peng³

et al. 2014

JNS

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Rathke's cleft cysts (RCCs) are benign cysts typically located in the sellar or suprasellar region; ectopic isolated lesions are extremely rare. The authors describe the case of a 25-year-old man with a giant symptomatic RCC arising primarily at the cerebellopontine angle (CPA), only the second case reported thus far. The patient presented with a 2-year history of right hearing impairment and tinnitus accompanied by vertigo and headache and a 2-week history of right facial numbness. Subsequently, he underwent total cyst removal via retrosigmoid craniotomy with a good recovery. He experienced no recurrence during a 64-month follow-up period. The possible pathogenesis, differential diagnosis, and surgical treatment of such cysts are discussed in this article. Isolated ectopic RCCs can arise from the ectopic migration of Rathke's pouch cells during the embryonic period. It is still difficult to distinguish ectopic RCCs from other cystic lesions of the CPA given the lack of specific imaging features. Aggressive resection of the cyst wall is not recommended, except when lesions do not closely adhere to adjacent structures.

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“…Craniopharyngiomas arise from embryologic squamous cell residuals or metaplasia from adenohypophysis and can occur anywhere along the path of the crainopharyngeal duct and mainly located within the sellar/parasellar region [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Although the tumors mainly locate in the area, they associate with an unpredictable growth pattern, such as extending into anterior fossa, middle fossa, sinus, third ventricle, cerebellopontine angle (CPA), foramen magnum, or even posterior fossa [1,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

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confidence: 99%