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Abstract

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice. 2013 Jul-Sep; 4(3): 323-5.
doi  10.4103/0976-3147.118790
PMID 24250172

Hypothalamic glioma masquerading as craniopharyngioma.

Vyas, Sameer Prabhakar, Nidhi Tewari, Manoj Kumar Radotra, Bishan Dass Khandelwal, Niranjan

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.

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