Papillary craniopharyngioma in a 4-year-old girl with BRAF V600E mutation: a case report and review of the literature

Introduction Craniopharyngiomas are one of the most frequently diagnosed hypothalamo-pituitary tumors in childhood. The adamantinomatous histological subtype accounts for most pediatric cases, while the papillary variant is almost exclusively diagnosed in adults. Here, we report a case of papillary craniopharyngioma in a very young child, confirmed by molecular tissue analysis.