Melanotic craniopharyngioma: a report of two cases

被引：0

作者：

B. T. Harris

Dikran S. Horoupian

Victor Tse

Maie K. Herrick

机构：

[1] Department of Pathology,

[2] Neuropathology Rm. R241,undefined

[3] 300 Pasteur Drive,undefined

[4] Stanford University School of Medicine,undefined

[5] Stanford,undefined

[6] CA 94305-5324,undefined

[7] USA e-mail: bharris@pathology.stanford.edu Tel.: +1-650-723-6041,undefined

[8] Fax: +1-650-498-5394,undefined

[9] Department of Neurosurgery,undefined

[10] Stanford University School of Medicine,undefined

[11] Stanford,undefined

[12] California,undefined

[13] USA,undefined

[14] Department of Pathology,undefined

[15] Santa Clara Valley Medical Center,undefined

[16] San Jose,undefined

[17] California,undefined

[18] USA,undefined

来源：

Acta Neuropathologica | 1999年 / 98卷

关键词：

Key words Craniopharyngioma; Adamantinomatous; Melanin; Odontogenic tumors;

D O I：

暂无

中图分类号：

学科分类号：

摘要：

We report a 74-year-old woman and a 50-year-old woman with similar histories of headache and visual disturbance who were found to have adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas which contained melanin pigment. This finding was confirmed by the Masson Fontana method and ultrastructural studies. These are only the second and third cases reported describing melanin pigment within a craniopharyngioma. The finding of melanin in craniopharyngiomas attests to their similarities with odontogenic tumors of the jaw, which can also contain melanin pigment and also supports the hypothesis that the histogenesis of these neoplasms derives from the vestiges of Rathke’s pouch epithelium.

引用

页码：433 / 436

页数：3