Hypothalamic glioma masquerading as craniopharyngioma

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Bishan Dass Radotra¹  Manoj Kumar Tewari²  Niranjan Khandelwal³  Nidhi Prabhakar³  Sameer Vyas³ 

[1] Departments of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India;Departments of Neurosurgery,India;Departments of Radiodiagnosis,India;

关键词: craniopharyngioma;    glioma;    hypothalamus;   

DOI  :  10.4103/0976-3147.118790

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Hypothalamic glioma account for 10-15% of supratentorial tumors in children. They usually present earlier (first 5 years of age) than craniopharyngioma. Hypothalamic glioma poses a diagnostic dilemma with craniopharyngioma and other hypothalamic region tumors, when they present with atypical clinical or imaging patterns. Neuroimaging modalities especially MRI plays a very important role in scrutinizing the lesions in the hypothalamic region. We report a case of a hypothalamic glioma masquerading as a craniopharyngioma on imaging along with brief review of both the tumors.

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