The location in the fourth ventricle is indeed incompatible with the diagnosis of cranipharyngioma. The calcification and collection of cholesterol crystals in the fibrotic stroma are seen in choroin plexus lesions such as cyst or xanthagranuloma, but the epithelial lining is more of the stratifiesquamous type than cuboidal epithelial type. Therefore one has to consider the possibility of epidermoid cyst. The unlikely possibility of cystic metastatic sqamous cell carcinoma is not supported by the young patient's age or the lack of cytologic atypia.
The location in the fourth ventricle is indeed incompatible with the diagnosis of cranipharyngioma. The calcification and collection of cholesterol crystals in the fibrotic stroma are seen in choroin plexus lesions such as cyst or xanthagranuloma, but the epithelial lining is more of the stratifiesquamous type than cuboidal epithelial type. Therefore one has to consider the possibility of epidermoid cyst. The unlikely possibility of cystic metastatic sqamous cell carcinoma is not supported by the young patient's age or the lack of cytologic atypia.