title: A heterotopic cerebellum presenting as a suprasellar mass with associated nasopharyngeal teratoma.
abstract: We present a case of nasopharyngeal teratoma that was discovered in association with a suprasellar heterotopic cerebellum in a newborn. Well-differentiated, heterotopic, cerebellar masses have been reported in the orbits, spine, and frontal encephalocele but not, to our knowledge, in the suprasellar region. In this report, we describe the imaging findings and discuss the possible origins of the two masses discovered in this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Takhtani
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Melhem
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Carson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002531:Cerebellum; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D012658:Sella Turcica; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed