Childhood craniopharyngioma in Macedonia: incidence and outcome after subtotal resection and cranial irradiation

Abstract

the overall incidence of craniopharyngioma in the period of 1989-2008 in Macedonia was 1.43 per 1 000 000 person-years. Subtotal resection and systematic irradiation showed good life quality of survivors.

Postoperative visual recovery following surgical treatment of craniopharygiomas

“…It was perceived that after surgical treatment of craniopharyngioma there was a quick improvement of VA in the first 10 to 14 days, followed by a slower recovery during the period of several months or even years [4,[14][15][16]. Our data show that there was a statistically significant improvement of VA in 36% of patients and 28% of eyes, in the first 10 days after surgery.…”

“…The majority of authors agree that monocular or binocular loss of vision is a prevalent finding in young and adult craniopharyngioma patients [4,7,9,11,[13][14][15][16]. Van Effenterre and Boch [4] have found it in 80% of cases, while other studies have shown it to be in the range from 42% to 72% [7,11,13,15].…”

Predictors of visual outcome in patients operated for craniopharyngioma – a Danish national study

“…; Gucev et al. ; Lee & Hwang ). Postoperative visual disturbances continue to be a factor affecting the patient's quality of life (Prieto et al.…”

Ki67 as a prognostic factor of craniopharyngioma’s recurrence in paediatric population

“…Craniopharyngioma contributes to 2-5% of all intracranial tumours in the whole population [2] and 5.6-14.1% among children [3][4][5][6]. Incidence rate is assessed in the whole population as 0.5-2/mln/year, on the average 1.3/mln/year [7][8][9][10]. In children, craniopharyngioma is one of the most frequent benign tumours of the central nervous system (CNS) and contributes to approx.…”

“…In children, craniopharyngioma is one of the most frequent benign tumours of the central nervous system (CNS) and contributes to approx. 56% of all cases of tumours of the sellar and suprasellar regions [9,10].…”