Markers of Aggressiveness in Craniopharyngiomas

investigation of (meta)discourse markers in elt coursebooks

the present study aimed to investigate representation of discourse markers and metadiscourse markers in conversations and readings of general elt coursebook series used in the language centers of iran. to this aim, four elt coursebooks popularly taught in language centers of this country were analyzed based on fung and carter’s (2007) framework regarding discourse markers and hyland’s (2005) fr...

Treatment of recurrent craniopharyngiomas.

One of the most common complications of craniopharyngioma treatment is recurrence. The outcomes of treatment for recurrent tumors with different modalities were evaluated. Of the 61 patients treated initially, 24 had recurrence during follow-up period (1-29 years, mean 11 years). Twenty-two patients underwent a total of 35 additional operations for recurrence. With reoperation, total surgical r...

TITLE : Hyperpolarized 13 C MR markers of renal tumor aggressiveness

Pituitary adenomas and craniopharyngiomas.

Pituitary adenomas and craniopharyngiomas are similar in some aspects. Usually, they both are histologically benign, slow-growing intracranial tumors that arise in the sellar and parasellar areas, and tend to cause similar symptoms and signs, such as, but not limited to, progressive visual loss, progressive endocrine problems, and headache. They both are likely to have an excellent prognosis if...

Endonasal resection of craniopharyngiomas.

Gardner and colleagues have described their series of 16 patients who underwent an endoscopic, expanded endonasal approach (EEA) for craniopharyngioma between 1999 and 2006. The primary outcomes of their study included the following: endocrine and ophthalmological results, extent of resection, and complications. The majority of their patients underwent planned complete resection. In these patie...