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Craniopharyngiomas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Harold J. Hoffman
Harold J. Hoffman*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
*
Suite 1504, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8 Canada
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Abstract:

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A review has been carried out of those patients with a craniopharyngioma who were treated initially in our institution and had a microsurgical excision of their tumour during the period of time when newer and sophisticated modalities of investigation and treatment were available. Twenty-nine patients with craniopharyngioma were treated initially by microsurgical excision of their tumour at the Hospital for Sick Children from January 1976 to June 1985. In 21 a total removal of the tumour was performed, and there has been no clinical evidence of recurrence. No deaths were recorded in any of the 29 patients. The principal morbidity has resulted from endocrine deficits that these patients exhibit.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 12 , Issue S4 , November 1985 , pp. 348 - 352
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1985

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