title: Craniopharyngioma in Nigerian children.
abstract: Between 1971 and 1986, 20 Nigerian children (less than 1 year to 15 years of age) with craniopharyngiomas were treated at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan. The children made up 71% of all patients with craniopharyngiomas seen in the hospital during the study period. The mean age of the 12 boys and 8 girls was 9.2 years. The predominant symptoms and signs were raised intracranial pressure and visual disturbance. Characteristic radiological features occurred in over 60% of cases; about two-thirds of the tumors were cystic. The advanced tumor stage upon arrival at UCH limited the amount of radical surgery that could be done; 31% died soon after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adeloye
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Nottidge
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Udi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies