Ectopic Craniopharyngioma

Introduction

Ectopic extra-axial craniopharyngioma may be caused by surgical tumor seeding, demonstrating viability and metastatic potential of primary craniopharyngioma tumor cells. It is a rare but distinct post-operative complication of craniopharyngioma that is different from leptomeningeal progression of other low grade pediatric brain tumors such as pilocytic astrocytoma. We present clinical pathological data from a young boy who suffered a metastasis of his craniopharyngioma along the surgical route shortly after irradiation for progressive disease at the primary site.

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