ea0021p257 | Pituitary | SFEBES2009
Akhtar Simeen
, Golash Aprajay
, Gunawardena Windsor
, Hindley Andrew
, Howell Simon
Introduction: Craniopharyngiomas are usually benign intracranial tumours which can sometimes be locally aggressive. Malignant transformation is extremely rare and has a poor prognosis. We report a case of a patient who developed carcinomatous changes in a craniopharyngioma which was first excised almost 55 years ago.Case report: Mr AM was diagnosed with a craniopharyngioma at the age of 5 years. He underwent surgery in 1952 but was lost to follow up and ...