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Frontal dermoid cyst coexisting with suprasellar craniopharyngioma: a spectrum of ectodermally derived epithelial-lined cystic lesions?

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Abou-Al-Shaar, H; Abd-El-Barr, MM; Zaidi, HA; Russell-Goldman, E; Folkerth, RD; Laws, ER; Chiocca, EA
Published in: Neurosurg Focus
December 2016

There is a wide group of lesions that may exist in the sellar and suprasellar regions. Embryologically, there is varying evidence that many of these entities may in fact represent a continuum of pathology deriving from a common ectodermal origin. The authors report a case of a concomitant suprasellar craniopharyngioma invading the third ventricle with a concurrent frontal lobe cystic dermoid tumor. A 21-year-old man presented to the authors' service with a 3-day history of worsening headache, nausea, vomiting, and blurry vision. Magnetic resonance imaging depicted a right frontal lobe lesion associated with a separate suprasellar cystic lesion invading the third ventricle. The patient underwent a right pterional craniotomy for resection of both lesions. Gross-total resection of the right frontal lesion was achieved, and subtotal resection of the suprasellar lesion was accomplished with some residual tumor adherent to the walls of the third ventricle. Histopathological examination of the resected right frontal lesion documented a diagnosis of dermoid cyst and, for the suprasellar lesion, a diagnosis of adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma. The occurrence of craniopharyngioma with dermoid cyst has not been reported in the literature before. Such an association might indeed suggest the previously reported hypothesis that these lesions represent a spectrum of ectodermally derived epithelial-lined cystic lesions.

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Published In

Neurosurg Focus

DOI

EISSN

1092-0684

Publication Date

December 2016

Volume

41

Issue

6

Start / End Page

E16

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Pituitary Neoplasms
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Dermoid Cyst
  • Craniopharyngioma
  • Central Nervous System Cysts
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences
 

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Abou-Al-Shaar, H., Abd-El-Barr, M. M., Zaidi, H. A., Russell-Goldman, E., Folkerth, R. D., Laws, E. R., & Chiocca, E. A. (2016). Frontal dermoid cyst coexisting with suprasellar craniopharyngioma: a spectrum of ectodermally derived epithelial-lined cystic lesions? Neurosurg Focus, 41(6), E16. https://doi.org/10.3171/2016.8.FOCUS16238
Abou-Al-Shaar, Hussam, Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, Hasan A. Zaidi, Eleanor Russell-Goldman, Rebecca D. Folkerth, Edward R. Laws, and E Antonio Chiocca. “Frontal dermoid cyst coexisting with suprasellar craniopharyngioma: a spectrum of ectodermally derived epithelial-lined cystic lesions?Neurosurg Focus 41, no. 6 (December 2016): E16. https://doi.org/10.3171/2016.8.FOCUS16238.
Abou-Al-Shaar H, Abd-El-Barr MM, Zaidi HA, Russell-Goldman E, Folkerth RD, Laws ER, et al. Frontal dermoid cyst coexisting with suprasellar craniopharyngioma: a spectrum of ectodermally derived epithelial-lined cystic lesions? Neurosurg Focus. 2016 Dec;41(6):E16.
Abou-Al-Shaar, Hussam, et al. “Frontal dermoid cyst coexisting with suprasellar craniopharyngioma: a spectrum of ectodermally derived epithelial-lined cystic lesions?Neurosurg Focus, vol. 41, no. 6, Dec. 2016, p. E16. Pubmed, doi:10.3171/2016.8.FOCUS16238.
Abou-Al-Shaar H, Abd-El-Barr MM, Zaidi HA, Russell-Goldman E, Folkerth RD, Laws ER, Chiocca EA. Frontal dermoid cyst coexisting with suprasellar craniopharyngioma: a spectrum of ectodermally derived epithelial-lined cystic lesions? Neurosurg Focus. 2016 Dec;41(6):E16.

Published In

Neurosurg Focus

DOI

EISSN

1092-0684

Publication Date

December 2016

Volume

41

Issue

6

Start / End Page

E16

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Pituitary Neoplasms
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Dermoid Cyst
  • Craniopharyngioma
  • Central Nervous System Cysts
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 1109 Neurosciences