Ectopic recurrence of craniopharyngioma: Reporting three new cases

Abstract

Ectopic recurrence of craniopharyngioma is extremely rare following transcranial procedures of primary tumour. Here we describe 3 new cases of ectopic recurrence along the surgical route after transcranial gross total resection of primary tumour. All 3 cases are male adults – 2 of them had papillary-type tumour with the other being adamantinomatous. All ectopic tumours were safely resected via repeated craniotomy. Long-term surveillance of patients with resected craniopharyngioma is essential.

Keywords::

• craniopharyngioma
• ectopic recurrence
• surgical seeding

Declaration of interest: The authors declare no financial or other conflicts of interest in relation to this research and its publication.