title: Radiosensitive squamous cell craniopharyngioma: clinical and pathological comparison with the adamantinomatous type.
abstract: Five patients with the squamous cell type of craniopharyngioma were examined clinically and pathologically, and comparisons were made with the adamantinomatous type of craniopharyngioma. In three patients, the tumor remaining after partial or subtotal resection was treated with conventional radiation therapy, and all three lesions disappeared completely. The squamous cell tumors consisted of basal cubodial cells and polygonal superficial cells with areas of cellular detachment and degeneration. Our findings suggest that these tumors are more radiosensitive than adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas and represent a distinct clinical entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Gunma University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kohga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakegawa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Naitou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tamada
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Handa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016634:Radiosurgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome