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Craniopharyngioma

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Craniopharyngiomas are typically midline tumors and have two distinct variants; the adamantinomatous and papillary. Adamantinomatous variant is identical to adamantinoma of jaw bones. Papillary variant is similar to a squamous papilloma. Craniopharyngiomas are currently considered WHO grade I neoplasms.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Neuropathology Unit, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Tarik Tihan M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Pathology)

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  1. Tarik Tihan M.D., Ph.D.
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  1. Dept. Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor Plaza 1, Houston, 77030, U.S.A.

    Adekunle M. Adesina

  2. School of Medicine, University of California, Parnassus Ave. 505, San Francisco, 94143, U.S.A.

    Tarik Tihan

  3. VCU Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, E. Marshall Street 1200, Richmond, 23298, U.S.A.

    Christine E. Fuller

  4. Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Longwood Ave. 300, Boston, 02115, U.S.A.

    Tina Young Poussaint

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Tihan, T. (2010). Craniopharyngioma. In: Adesina, A., Tihan, T., Fuller, C., Poussaint, T. (eds) Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1062-2_30

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