title: Recurrent craniopharyngioma in the posterior fossa.
abstract: Craniopharyngioma situated in the posterior fossa is rare. It has been unclear whether such lesions arise primarily in this site or represent direct spread from a suprasellar focus. We report a patient with recurrent craniopharyngioma which had extended into the posterior fossa as far as the cerebellopontine angle through the tentorial hiatus with evidence that it had done so directly. A further separate lesion of similar signal characteristics on MRI scan, lying in the prepontine area, probably represented a seeding from the suprasellar area.
authors: Gough-Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Tomita
authors: N D
authors: ND
authors: Mendoza
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Symon
mesh_terms: D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*