title: Extensive ossification in a craniopharyngioma.
abstract: A rare extensive ossification occurred in a suprasellar craniopharyngioma of a man who died at 21 years of age. The tumor produced headache, retarded physical and mental development, visual disturbances, and increased intracranial pressure. The neoplasm recurred after surgical and roentgenological treatments. Differentiation of multipotential mesenchymal cells or mesenchymal type cells within the tumor has been suggested as the mode of occurrence of bone in this craniopharyngioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shuangshoti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shuangshoti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic