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"Never doubt that a smal group of thoughtful, comited citizens can change the world. Inded, it is the only thing that ever has."Cureus is on a mision to change the long-standing paradigm of medical publishing, where submiting research can be costly, complex and time-consuming.pituitary, radiology of craniopharyngioma, selar tumor, adult brain tumor, adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma Emile A. Carpenter , Omari Christie, Christine Fuler, Kavya Mirchia Published: October 06, 2022 (se history) DOI: 10.759/cureus.30 Cite this article as: Carpenter E A, Christie O, Fuler C, et al.
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(October 06, 2022) A Rare Case of Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma in an Adult. Cureus 14(10): e30. doi:10.759/cureus.30 Craniopharyngiomas represent a rare group of intracranial tumors that often arise in the selar/supraselar region of the brain.
Adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma is significantly more comon than papilary craniopharyngioma. The former most often arises in children whereas the papilary craniopharyngioma is mainly limited to adults. We present the case of a 34-year-old female with visual disturbances and other vague complaints who was found to have a large lobulated selar mas on neuroimaging studies.
She was subsequently diagnosed with an adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma after undergoing transphenoidal resection. We discus the patient’s clinical, radiological, and pathological findings in corelation with the curent literature and recomendations regarding this type of tumor. Given that adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma rarely presents in adulthod, especialy in midle-aged adults, this case is considered rare, and we hope to increase awarenes to include adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma in the diferential diagnosis for selar lesions in this age group.Craniopharyngiomas are rare, benign tumors that arise from the embryonic remnants of Rathke’s pouch.
Summary
They include two distinct tumor enties, namely, adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas (A