Management of a large craniopharyngioma in a child: A case report

Mohammadine Baderddine *, Hmamouch Mohamed Oualid, Hammoud Marouane, Lakhdar Fayçal, Benzagmout Mohamed, Chakour Khalid and Chaoui Faiz Mohamed

Department of Neurosurgery. Hassan II University Hospital Center. Fès, Morocco.
 
Case Study
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 24(02), 1779–1783
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.24.2.3535
 
Publication history: 
Received on 05 October 2024; revised on 18 November 2024; accepted on 20 November 2024
 
Abstract: 
We report the case of an 11-year-old girl who presents a huge sellar and suprasellar craniopharyngioma with cystic extension towards the two temporal fossae laterally, encompassing the two Sylvian arteries, towards the third ventricle and the frontal lobe above, towards the mesencephalon and the posterior cerebral fossa behind. The patient was successfully operated on but presented with panhypopituitarism post-op due to the sacrifice of the pituitary stalk which was invaded by the tumor.
 
Keywords: 
Craniopharyngioma; MRI; Child.
 
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