World Neurosurg 2016 Nov 21;95:618.e7-618.e12. Epub 2016 Aug 21.
Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Electronic address:
Background: Craniopharyngiomas are uncommon benign locally aggressive epithelial tumors mostly located in the sellar and suprasellar regions. An infrasellar origin of these tumors is rare.
Case Description: The authors report a 22-year-old male patient with a purely infrasellar adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma centered in the nasopharynx with extension into the posterior nasal septum, sphenoid sinus, and clivus. Read More