title: Isolated petroclival craniopharyngioma with aggressive skull base destruction.
abstract: We report a rare case of petroclival craniopharyngioma with no connection to the sellar or suprasellar region. MRI and CT images revealed a homogenously enhancing retroclival solid mass with aggressive skull base destruction, mimicking chordoma or aggressive sarcoma. However, there was no calcification or cystic change found in the mass. Here, we report the clinical features and radiographic investigation of this uncommon craniopharyngioma arising primarily in the petroclival region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Hen
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sang-Dae
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong-Jun
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Jung-Yul
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yong-Gu
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Young-Sik
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed