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  • Title: Differential diagnosis of suprasellar tumors in children.
    Author: Warmuth-Metz M, Gnekow AK, Müller H, Solymosi L.
    Journal: Klin Padiatr; 2004; 216(6):323-30. PubMed ID: 15565547.
    Abstract:
    In contrary to the adult age the most common suprasellar tumors in children are with decreasing frequency craniopharyngiomas, chiasmatic/hypothalamic low-grade gliomas, germinomas and lesions attributable to a Langerhans cell histiocytosis. For differential diagnostic purposes also the rare hypothalamic hamartoma and meningeal metastases in the infundibular recess of the third ventricle are included. The typical aspects of the various tumors on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) together with important clinical differences are illustrated. On the basis of imaging results and clinical symptoms differential diagnosis between the various tumor entities should be feasible in many cases. Of course, only in strictly defined cases like typical chiasmatic/hypothalamic and optic pathway gliomas or bilocular germ cell tumors a histological confirmation is dispensable.
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