Recurrent craniopharyngioma with nasopharyngeal extension.
We report the case of a 10-year-old boy having a recurrent craniopharyngioma with nasopharyngeal extension during a course of growth hormone therapy, in whom the nasopharyngeal craniopharyngioma was totally resected despite its extensive growth by using a transbasal approach. There has been no evidence of recurrence during 6 years of follow-up. A literature review was made with respect to nasopharyngeal extension of craniopharyngiomas, and the efficacy of the transbasal approach for those tumors is discussed.
Taguchi
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Departments of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
Tanaka
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Miyakita
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Sekino
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Fujimoto
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D002648:Child; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed