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Historical perspective

• In 1840, von Mohr described the rapid development of obesity in a case of a pituitary tumor.
• Zenker in 1857 was the first to identify masses of cells resembling squamous epithelium along the pars tuberalis and pars distalis of the pituitary.
• In 1932, squamous epithelial cells were detected in the pituitary glands of childhood populations.
• in 1932 the name “craniopharyngioma” was introduced by Cushing.

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