title: Craniopharyngioma: historical notes.
abstract: For centuries tumors have been described which today with some confidence can be diagnosed as craniopharyngiomas. It was not until 1904 Erdheim described what he called 'hypophysial duct tumors', and which Cushing later gave the name craniopharyngioma. The first operation for this neoplasm took place in 1909. It soon became evident that the outcome of surgery was rather dismal with high mortality and morbidity rates-even after corticosteroid therapy became available around 1950. Radiotherapy was introduced and later refined as radiosurgery. This paper presents a short survey of the accumulation of knowledge of craniopharyngiomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Aarhus University Hospital, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindholm
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Nielsen
mesh_terms: D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery