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*Develop from remains of Rathke's pouch or squamous epithelial cell rests.<ref name=pmid17425791>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Garnett | first1 = MR. | last2 = Puget | first2 = S. | last3 = Grill | first3 = J. | last4 = Sainte-Rose | first4 = C. | title = Craniopharyngioma. | journal = Orphanet J Rare Dis | volume = 2 | issue =  | pages = 18 | month =  | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1186/1750-1172-2-18 | PMID = 17425791 }}</ref>
*Develop from remains of Rathke's pouch or squamous epithelial cell rests.<ref name=pmid17425791>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Garnett | first1 = MR. | last2 = Puget | first2 = S. | last3 = Grill | first3 = J. | last4 = Sainte-Rose | first4 = C. | title = Craniopharyngioma. | journal = Orphanet J Rare Dis | volume = 2 | issue =  | pages = 18 | month =  | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1186/1750-1172-2-18 | PMID = 17425791 }}</ref>


Comes in two flavours:<ref name=pmid17425791/>
Subtypes:<ref name=pmid17425791/>
*Adamantinomatous type.
*Adamantinomatous type.
**Adults and children. 
*Squamous papillary type.
*Squamous papillary type.
**Adults individuals.<ref name=pmid6696166>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Giangaspero | first1 = F. | last2 = Burger | first2 = PC. | last3 = Osborne | first3 = DR. | last4 = Stein | first4 = RB. | title = Suprasellar papillary squamous epithelioma ("papillary craniopharyngioma"). | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = 57-64 | month = Jan | year = 1984 | doi =  | PMID = 6696166 }}</ref>
 
**Usually solid.
===Adamantinomatous===
*Adults and children.
*Typically contain mutations in CTNNB1 (the gene that encoding β-catenin).<ref name=pmid25355426>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Preda | first1 = V. | last2 = Larkin | first2 = SJ. | last3 = Karavitaki | first3 = N. | last4 = Ansorge | first4 = O. | last5 = Grossman | first5 = AB. | title = The Wnt Signalling Cascade and the Adherens Junction Complex in Craniopharyngioma Tumorigenesis. | journal = Endocr Pathol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Oct | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1007/s12022-014-9341-8 | PMID = 25355426 }}</ref>
**Usually intranuclear β-catenin [[immunostain|immunohistochemical]] positivity.
 
===Papillary===
*Adults individuals.<ref name=pmid6696166>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Giangaspero | first1 = F. | last2 = Burger | first2 = PC. | last3 = Osborne | first3 = DR. | last4 = Stein | first4 = RB. | title = Suprasellar papillary squamous epithelioma ("papillary craniopharyngioma"). | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = 57-64 | month = Jan | year = 1984 | doi =  | PMID = 6696166 }}</ref>
*Usually solid.


==Gross==
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*"Wet" keratin - nests of whorled keratin.
*"Wet" keratin - nests of whorled keratin.
*Calcifications (non-psammomatous).
*Calcifications (non-psammomatous).
Often contain mutations in CTNNB1,  encoding β-catenin<ref name=pmid25355426>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Preda | first1 = V. | last2 = Larkin | first2 = SJ. | last3 = Karavitaki | first3 = N. | last4 = Ansorge | first4 = O. | last5 = Grossman | first5 = AB. | title = The Wnt Signalling Cascade and the Adherens Junction Complex in Craniopharyngioma Tumorigenesis. | journal = Endocr Pathol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Oct | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1007/s12022-014-9341-8 | PMID = 25355426 }}</ref> resulting in intranuclear β-catenin immunohistochemical positivity.
 
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