Hamartoma of the suprasellar cistern in a 5-year-old girl.
A 5-year-old girl with precocious puberty secondary to a suprasellar hamartoma is presented. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a lesion without attachment to the tuber cinereum or the mamillary bodies. Total resection of the tumour was performed.
Boto
G R
GR
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Hospital Infantil 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
Esparza
J
J
Muñoz
M J
MJ
Hinojosa
J
J
Muñoz
A
A
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003399:Craniotomy; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007027:Hypothalamic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008326:Mammillary Bodies / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014371:Tuber Cinereum / Q000473:pathology