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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2018; 13(04): 1197-1201
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_30_17
Case Report

Sellar embryonal tumor: A case report and review of the literature

Fatih Yakar
Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University, Ankara
,
İhsan Doğan
Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University, Ankara
,
Cem Meco
1   Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Ankara University, Ankara
,
Aylin Heper
2   Department of Pathology, Ankara University, Ankara
,
Gokmen Kahilogullari
Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University, Ankara
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Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are aggressive, poorly differentiated tumors in children and young adults. However, the embryonal tumor group did not include the central nervous system (CNS) PNET title and ependymoblastoma subtitle in the 2016 World Health Organization CNS tumor classification. Here, we report the case of a 6-year-old boy with a sellar embryonal tumor and present a review of the related literature. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of an endoscopically operated sellar embryonal tumor in the pediatric age group.

Key-words:

Embryonal tumor - endoscopy - sella


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Article published online:
14 September 2022

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