title: Infrasellar craniopharyngioma.
abstract: A case of infrasellar craniopharyngioma is reported. This must be the first report that presents computed tomographic findings of an infrasellar craniopharyngioma. A computed tomography scan demonstrated the characteristic features of a tumor at the base of the skull extending massively into the nasopharynx, prepontine cistern, and suprasellar region. Further, air-contrast computed tomographic cisternography suggested the extradural growth of the tumor. We confirmed these neuroradiologic findings at a transsphenoidal operation.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012658:Sella Turcica