title: Hypothalamic hamartoma associated with a craniopharyngeal canal.
abstract: Hypothalamic hamartoma is a rare congenital lesion. We present the case of a 7-year-old girl who suffered from precocious puberty, the cause of which was diagnosed by using MR imaging and CT as pedunculated hypothalamic hamartoma associated with a large craniopharyngeal canal and sellar spine mimicking pituitary duplication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kizilkilic
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yalcin
authors.forename: Tulin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sener
authors.forename: Gonul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parmaksiz
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Erdogan
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007027:Hypothalamic Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000473:pathology; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000209:etiology*; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D019291:Skull Base / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed