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Chiasmatic‐Hypothalamic Masses in Adults: A Case Series and Review of the Literature
Author(s) -
Raelson Colin,
Chiang Gloria
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon.12132
Subject(s) - medicine , neurofibromatosis , medical diagnosis , differential diagnosis , pediatrics , sampling (signal processing) , radiology , pathology , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
Chiasmatic‐hypothalamic masses are commonly seen in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 and often demonstrate a benign clinical course. These masses are, however, rare in adults and require tissue sampling for diagnosis. Here, we present four cases of chiasmatic‐hypothalamic masses in adults with pathologically proven diagnoses. We also provide a review of the literature and propose a limited differential in this age group.