Hypothalamic glioma account for 10-15% of supratentorial tumors in children. They usually present earlier (first 5 years of age) than craniopharyngioma. Hypothalamic glioma poses a diagnostic dilemma with craniopharyngioma and other hypothalamic region tumors, when they present with atypical clinical or imaging patterns. Neuroimaging modalities especially MRI plays a very important role in scru...

tumors of the central nervous system (cns), occur relatively frequently during the early years of life. they are the most common solid tumors of childhood and are second only to leukemia in overall cancer incidence and account for a high proportion of deaths. in different studied performed in several countries, astrocytomas and other gilomas (combined) account for half of the cns malignancies, ...

An unusual case of entirely infrasellar craniopharyngioma mimicking a clival chordoma is described. Only 22 cases of craniopharyngioma with nasopharyngeal extension have been reported in the literature. Of the reported cases, most were primarily intracranial with secondary downward extension; only two were thought to originate from an infrasellar location. The present case is another example of...

Craniopharyngioma is an embryonic malformation in the sella and parasella areas. has high survival rate, although patient's quality of life often compromised due to tumor’s location near important anatomical structures such as optic nerve, chiasm, hypothalamic-pituitary axis. tumor resection can provoke diabetes insipidus. Diabetes insipidus (DI) characterized by polyuria, dehydration hypernatr...

Abstract Postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is a serious complication after surgical treatment of craniopharyngioma. The objective this study to analyze postoperative CSF rates following transsphenoidal resection craniopharyngioma in adult versus pediatric patient populations. PRISMA guidelines were used query the Pubmed, Web Science, and Cochrane databases for studies or patients fro...

PURPOSE Hypothalamic obesity in childhood-onset (CO-) craniopharyngioma patients may predispose to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This study reviewed the characteristics of NAFLD associated with CO-craniopharyngioma. METHODS This study retrospectively reviewed 75 patients who underwent surgery for craniopharyngioma while younger than 15 years of age between 2000 and 2016. RESULTS...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the significance of survivin protein expression levels in craniopharyngioma. Tumor samples and clinical data were obtained from 50 patients with craniopharyngioma who were admitted to the West China Hospital of Sichuan University (Chengdu, China). The morphology of the craniopharyngioma samples was observed using optical and electron microscopes, ...

Cushing's disease in children is not rare but in infants it is quite rare and an important medical condition needing proper line of investigations and management options. Craniopharyngioma as a cause of Cushing's disease is well reported and practical inference of the condition is of clinical importance. Craniopharyngioma generally affects children at 5 - 10 years of age and is rarely seen in i...

MR imaging and CT (with and without contrast enhancement) were performed in 20 patients with an established or clinically suspected diagnosis of craniopharyngioma. Fifteen had biopsy-proven craniopharyngioma and five had presumed craniopharyngioma based on clinical and CT findings. In two cases MR was superior to contrast-enhanced CT in demonstrating the tumor. A variable appearance on T1-weigh...

OBJECTIVE To report an unusual location of infrasellar craniopharyngioma in a peadiatric patient. CASE REPORT A six-year-old boy presented with persistent bilateral nasal obstruction for one year. Clinical examination revealed a posterior choanal mass arising from septum and the finding was confirmed by paranasal sinuses computed tomography scan. He then underwent wide local excision. Histopa...