Hypothalamic hamartoma associated with a craniopharyngeal canal.
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.
Kizilkilic
Osman
O
Department of Radiology, Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey.
Yalcin
Ozlem
O
Yildirim
Tulin
T
Sener
Levent
L
Parmaksiz
Gonul
G
Erdogan
Bulent
B
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