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Papillary craniopharyngioma in a 4-year-old girl with BRAF V600E mutation: a case report and review of the literature.
Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery - 1 Jan 2019
Borrill R, Cheesman E, Stivaros S, Kamaly-Asl I D, Gnanalingham K, Kilday John-Paul
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INTRODUCTION: Craniopharyngiomas are one of the most frequently diagnosed hypothalamo-pituitary tumors in childhood. The adamantinomatous histological subtype accounts for most pediatric cases, while the papillary variant is almost exclusively diagnosed in adults. Here, we report a case of papillary craniopharyngioma in a very young child, confirmed by molecular tissue analysis. CASE REPORT: A 4-year-old girl was...
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