title: Ectopic recurrence of craniopharyngioma: Reporting three new cases.
abstract: Ectopic recurrence of craniopharyngioma is extremely rare following transcranial procedures of primary tumour. Here we describe 3 new cases of ectopic recurrence along the surgical route after transcranial gross total resection of primary tumour. All 3 cases are male adults--2 of them had papillary-type tumour with the other being adamantinomatous. All ectopic tumours were safely resected via repeated craniotomy. Long-term surveillance of patients with resected craniopharyngioma is essential.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University , Beijing , P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.forename: Xiang-En
authors.initials: XE
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Zhongqing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Xueling
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: craniopharyngioma; ectopic recurrence; surgical seeding