Nasopharyngeal Admantinomatous Craniopharyngioma in 14 Years Old Boy- A Case Report Study

Abstract

Craniopharyngiomas are rare benign epithelial tumours arising from the pituitary stalk or gland. The sellar and parasellar region is the most commonly involved sites but at times tumors extend below the sellar floor involving the sphenoid sinus, invade the pharynx and reach upto the nasal cavities. Here is a case of 14 years old boy presenting with nasal cavity mass leading to bilateral obstruction and he was operated to excise the mass lesion. Grossly a grayish white cystic mass lesion was obtained after excision biopsy. On cut section, cyst contained a greyish brown thick liquid like material, with the microscopic findings of densely packed nodules of well differentiated epithelium along with stellate reticulum and wet keratin consistent with the diagnosis of craniopharyngioma. Clinical features along with imaging characteristics (except site of the lesion) and histopathological findings were all consistent with primary admantinomatous craniopharyngioma,