PURPOSE There are already numerous reports about high local control rates in patients with craniopharyngioma but there are only few studies with follow up times of more than 10 years. This study is an analysis of long term control, tumor response and side effects after fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) for patients with craniopharyngioma. PATIENTS AND METHODS 55 patients who were ...

BACKGROUND Cortical seeding of a craniopharyngioma has been rarely reported. We present a case that ectopically recurred along the tract of a previous surgical route. METHODS A 27-year-old woman presented earlier with a suprasellar craniopharyngioma. A left frontotemporal craniotomy was done with subtotal resection of the tumor because it was strongly adhered to the optic chiasm. Histopatholo...

Craniopharyngiomas are histologically benign epithelial tumours arising from squamous epithelial remnants of Rathke's pouch, which have a tendency to invade surrounding structures and recur after apparently complete resection. They represent the most frequent non-glial tumour in children, accounting for approximately 5% of paediatric brain neoplasms. Total resection of a craniopharyngioma may b...

Three cases of craniopharyngiomas with atypical MRI findings are reported. The first patient had a nasopharyngeal craniopharyngioma. Its unusual location made diagnosis difficult. The second patient had a massive craniopharyngioma with extensive cystic expansion, involving the anterior, middle and posterior cranial fossae, and extending into the foramen magnum. The tumour of the third patient i...

Abstract Abstract Progress in imaging has led to increased detection of congenital intracranial tumor in uterus. We report a case of fetal adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma detected at 18 weeks gestational age, which is the earliest among all cases reported so far. Imaging characteristics, prenatal AFP measurement and immunohistochemistry can be used for differential diagnosis. Based on the cl...

Abstract Introduction Craniopharyngioma is a non-malignant tumor that arises in the suprasellar region of intracranial compartment. Hypothalamic dysfunction common and associated with diabetes insipidus, hormone deficiencies, neurocognitive impairment, sleep disturbance, obesity, decreased health-related quality life. Patients craniopharyngioma commonly have excessive daytime sleepiness, are of...

Background: Preoperative differentiation of histologic etiology of sellar lesions is of profound clinical importance because it determines the use of surgery versus nonsurgical technique, transsphenoidal versus transcranial routes and the degree of surgical resection. Objective: We provide an overview of the most relevant magnetic resonance imaging characteristics together with clinical finding...

Abstract Obesity, cardiovascular disease, and relapse/progression have major impact on prognosis in pediatric brain tumor patients. Cranial MRI is part of routine follow-up. In a cross-sectional study, we analyzed nuchal skinfold thickness (NST) by standardized method performed for follow-up monitoring as novel parameter body composition disease 177 patients (40 WHO grade 1-2 tumors; 31 3-4 106...