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Figure 3b-20: Histology of papillary craniopharyngioma. Papillary craniopharyngiomas lack ’stellate reticular’ stroma and keratin ‘ghost’ cell nests and nodules or whorls in the advancing edge. They have a more solid growth pattern prone to artifactual ‘cracking’ (arrow, left) giving it a (pseudo-) papillary appearance.