Neuroendoscopic treatment of giant cystic craniopharyngioma in the foramen magnum: report of two cases
| Autor: | MingDa Ai, Ao Chen, XiaoYan Yao, RenHui Zhou, Tao Sun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Cystic craniopharyngioma Pediatric Craniopharyngioma 03 medical and health sciences Craniopharyngioma 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Pituitary Neoplasms Foramen Magnum Child Subdural effusion Foramen magnum business.industry Neuroendoscopes General Medicine Cystic Change medicine.disease Surgery Neuroendoscopy medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Neurology (clinical) Neurosurgery business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery. 37(7) |
| ISSN: | 1433-0350 |
| Popis: | Pediatric craniopharyngioma is typically characterized by cystic changes and calcifications. It can grow from the suprasellar area to the posterior fossa (4%). This work reports that it is very rare for craniopharyngioma to grow from the suprasellar area to or beyond the level of the foramen magnum. Twelve patients with this disease have undergone one or several microsurgeries, and the microsurgical approaches are different. Among them, two cases died, and most of the remaining patients had certain complications such as endocrine dysfunction, nerve palsy, and subdural effusion. We treated two patients whose tumors had grown to the level of the foramen magnum, one of which reached C2 levels. Both cases were treated with a neuroendoscopy. There were no deaths and no complications. Our cases are the longest follow-up of this type of craniopharyngioma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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