Large Calcified Craniopharyngioma and Bilateral Subdural Hematomata Present at Birth

Abstract

This report is made to record the occurrence in a newborn not only of a large calcified intracranial mass (craniopharyngioma) but its concomitant association with bilateral subdural hematomata developing in utero. A survey of the literature has failed to reveal another patient in whom a craniopharyngioma was present at birth. The earliest case found was one mentioned in a report by Jackson. 9 In his paper of 1916 he referred to a case reported by Lawson in 1887. The patient was a 3-month-old male infant. Two references to craniopharyngioma occurring in children of the age of 2 years have also been found. 6,s The rarity of a large calcified tumor at birth and the presence of bilateral subdural hematomata are self-evident. A survey of other brain tumors occurring in the newborn will be made.