Fetal craniopharyngioma - Early prenatal diagnosis

Fetal turners are very rare and have an extremely poor prognosis, particula rly when diagnosed in early gestation. Tumors of the brain are especially d evastating in the fetus because of their rapid growth and destruction of su rrounding tissue. Current high-resolution sonography facilitates early dete ction of fetal tumors, including details about location, anatomic relations hips, and vascularity, and therefore results in a more accurate diagnosis. We report a case of fetal brain craniopharyngioma detected at 20 weeks' ges tation by two-dimensional and power Doppler sonography. To our knowledge, t his is the earliest prenatal diagnosis reported of this rare fetal tumor.