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01.02.2010 | Case Report
Ectopic recurrence of craniopharyngioma along the surgical route: case report and literature review
verfasst von:
Rossana Romani, Mika Niemelä, Özgür Celik, Puchong Isarakul, Anders Paetau, Juha Hernesniemi
Erschienen in:
Acta Neurochirurgica
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Ausgabe 2/2010
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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.