Ectopic recurrence of craniopharyngioma along the surgical route: case report and literature review.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We present a 22-year-old woman with an ectopic recurrence of a craniopharyngioma. The patient presented first with a visual field deficit, and a craniopharyngioma was removed via an interhemispheric transcallosal approach. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed at 1 month, and then at 1 year after surgery showed complete removal of the lesion. However, at 4 years, MRI showed the presence of a small tumor in the right medial frontal lobe attached to the falx and along the previous surgical route. We present possible explanations for the ectopic recurrence and literature review.
Medical subject headings
- Brain Neoplasms
- Craniopharyngioma
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Neoplasm Seeding
- Pituitary Neoplasms