title: Craniopharyngioma extended into the posterior fossa.
abstract: A 7-year-old girl with a craniopharyngioma with a rare extension into the posterior fossa is presented. MRI revealed a solid calcified mass in the sellar and suprasellar region with a cyst expanded to the posterior fossa up to the foramen magnum and causing hydrocephalus and brainstem displacement. The tumor was removed totally with right pterional approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa, Medical Faculty Aksaray, Turkey.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Sarioğlu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozlen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanci
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*