CASE REPORT article
Front. Oncol.
Sec. Cancer Imaging and Image-directed Interventions
Case Report: A case of craniopharyngioma in the cerebellopontine angle
First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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Abstract
We report a rare case of craniopharyngioma located in the cerebellopontine angle. A 36-year-old male patient presented with relevant clinical symptoms. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a slightly hypodense mass in the left cerebellopontine angle extending to the ambient cistern. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated an irregular lesion in the same region, which was slightly hyperintense to isointense on T1-weighted images and heterogeneously hyperintense on T2-weighted images. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) showed mixed signals. The lesion was surgically resected, and the final pathological diagnosis confirmed it as a craniopharyngioma.
Summary
Keywords
adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas, Cerebellopontine angle region, computed tomography, Craniopharyngioma, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Received
12 January 2026
Accepted
19 February 2026
Copyright
© 2026 ZHANG, 朱, Diao and Yin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Mo Yin
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