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dickass
Cholesterol crystals in motor oil
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passfail
I also just thoughtL: failure to secrete GH = tumor affecting anterior pituitary hormone --> anterior pituitary is derived from Rathke's pouch
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ally123
"Due to the proximity of the tumor to the hormone-producing cells of the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland, there is significant endocrine dysfunction in most children and adolescents presenting with craniopharyngioma...Among the hormone deficiencies, growth hormone deficiency is the most common and is seen in approximately
75% of children with craniopharyngioma." Source: http://campus.neurochirurgie.fr/Programme_Enseignement/_art1030/endocrinManifest.pdf
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submitted by โhayayah(1212)
Patient has a craniopharyngioma. Most common childhood supratentorial tumor. Derived from remnants of Rathke pouch (oral ectoderm). Calcification is common. Cholesterol crystals found in โmotor oilโ-like fluid within tumor.
A cystic suprasellar mass with calcifications and enhancement of the wall or solid portions in a child or adolescent is almost always a craniopharyngioma.
May be confused with pituitary adenoma (both cause bitemporal hemianopia).