Hypothalamic hamartoma associated with a craniopharyngeal canal

Osman Kizilkilic; Ozlem Yalcin; Tulin Yildirim; Levent Sener; Gonul Parmaksiz; Bulent Erdogan

Hypothalamic hamartoma associated with a craniopharyngeal canal

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2005 Jan;26(1):65-7.

Authors

Osman Kizilkilic¹, Ozlem Yalcin, Tulin Yildirim, Levent Sener, Gonul Parmaksiz, Bulent Erdogan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey.

PMID: 15661703
PMCID: PMC7975046

Abstract

Hypothalamic hamartoma is a rare congenital lesion. We present the case of a 7-year-old girl who suffered from precocious puberty, the cause of which was diagnosed by using MR imaging and CT as pedunculated hypothalamic hamartoma associated with a large craniopharyngeal canal and sellar spine mimicking pituitary duplication.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Hamartoma / congenital*
Hamartoma / diagnosis
Humans
Hypothalamic Diseases / congenital*
Hypothalamic Diseases / diagnosis
Hypothalamus / pathology
Image Enhancement*
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Pituitary Gland / abnormalities
Pituitary Gland / pathology
Puberty, Precocious / etiology*
Sella Turcica / abnormalities*
Sella Turcica / pathology
Skull Base / abnormalities*
Skull Base / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*