A 9-year-old female child with history of head ache and visual disturbance. What could be your possible diagnosis:
Ans. C CraniopharyngiomaA calcified, solid-cystic, mass in the suprasellar region in a child - is Craniopharyngioma unless proven otherwise!! It is a clincher. Visual loss is due to mass effect on optic chaisma. Arises from Rathke's pouch epitheliumQ.
Pituitary macroadenoma
Rathke's cleft cyst
Craniopharyngioma
Hypothalamichamartoma
Miscellaneous