Difference between revisions of "Craniopharyngioma"

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* Typically contain BRAF V600E mutations.<ref name=pmid24413733>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Brastianos | first1 = PK. | last2 = Taylor-Weiner | first2 = A. | last3 = Manley | first3 = PE. | last4 = Jones | first4 = RT. | last5 = Dias-Santagata | first5 = D. | last6 = Thorner | first6 = AR. | last7 = Lawrence | first7 = MS. | last8 = Rodriguez | first8 = FJ. | last9 = Bernardo | first9 = LA. | title = Exome sequencing identifies BRAF mutations in papillary craniopharyngiomas. | journal = Nat Genet | volume = 46 | issue = 2 | pages = 161-5 | month = Feb | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1038/ng.2868 | PMID = 24413733 }}</ref>
* Typically contain BRAF V600E mutations.<ref name=pmid24413733>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Brastianos | first1 = PK. | last2 = Taylor-Weiner | first2 = A. | last3 = Manley | first3 = PE. | last4 = Jones | first4 = RT. | last5 = Dias-Santagata | first5 = D. | last6 = Thorner | first6 = AR. | last7 = Lawrence | first7 = MS. | last8 = Rodriguez | first8 = FJ. | last9 = Bernardo | first9 = LA. | title = Exome sequencing identifies BRAF mutations in papillary craniopharyngiomas. | journal = Nat Genet | volume = 46 | issue = 2 | pages = 161-5 | month = Feb | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1038/ng.2868 | PMID = 24413733 }}</ref>
*Usually solid.
*Usually solid.
==Clinical features==
*Usu. located in the suprasellar cistern.
**Rare locations: Cerebellopontine angle, sphenoid sinus, third ventricle.
*Visual problems.
*Endocrine deficiencies.
*Hypothalamic dysfunction (obesity).
*More frequent in asia than in Europe/US.
==Inmaging==
*Calcifications (adamantinous type).
*Contrast enhancing.
*Cystic portions.


==Gross==
==Gross==
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