title: Hypothalamic glioma masquerading as craniopharyngioma.
abstract: Hypothalamic glioma account for 10-15% of supratentorial tumors in children. They usually present earlier (first 5 years of age) than craniopharyngioma. Hypothalamic glioma poses a diagnostic dilemma with craniopharyngioma and other hypothalamic region tumors, when they present with atypical clinical or imaging patterns. Neuroimaging modalities especially MRI plays a very important role in scrutinizing the lesions in the hypothalamic region. We report a case of a hypothalamic glioma masquerading as a craniopharyngioma on imaging along with brief review of both the tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: Nidhi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
authors.forename: Manoj Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Tewari
authors.forename: Bishan Dass
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Radotra
authors.forename: Niranjan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khandelwal
keywords: Craniopharyngioma; glioma; hypothalamus