A Unified Mission
Chapter 3 A UNIFIED MISSION Scenario The silver sport utility vehicle meandered down the gravel driveway, tossing dust and loose stones into the otherwise peaceful summer morning. Pulling out onto…
Pre-Med: Vulnerability and Trauma
Chapter 5 PRE-MED: VULNERABILITY AND TRAUMA Scenario Mr. Howard surveyed his class of 20 high school seniors who were sitting at their desks attentively listening to him. They all looked…
of Recurrent Craniopharyngioma
Fig. 7.1 Female, 6 years old. A type Q-CP case. Pre-surgical radiological images. (a, b) MRI revealed that a tumor in the intrasellar and suprasellar region. Partially tumor resection via the…
Treatment of Craniopharyngioma: Transcranial Approach
Fig. 6.1 This was a case of a 7-year-old boy. The tumor cyst expands to the mid-lower portion of the clivus. The operation uses a lateral fissure transtentorial approach. The…
Transsphenoidal Surgery for Craniopharyngioma
Fig. 5.1 Preoperative MRI of type Q craniopharyngioma in a child. (a) Coronal view showing that the tumor is located beneath the diaphragma sellae and the optic chiasm is pushed…
Classification for Craniopharyngioma and Histopathological Aspect
Fig. 3.1 Pathological manifestation of aCP (a–c). (1) Whorl-like cells, (2) stellate reticulum, (3) palisade-like cells, (4) wet keratin, (5) calcification, (6) cysts 3.3 Papillary Craniopharyngioma (pCP) The typical pathological…
Research in Craniopharyngioma
Fig. 9.1 Pathological characteristic of adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma (a–d). (b–d) are higher power view of the boxes 1–3 in (a), respectively. Tumor tongues surrounded by fibrosis showing “stellate reticulum,” “wet” keratin,…
Between the QST Scheme and Other Schemes for Craniopharyngiomas
Authors Classification system Comment Yasargil (a) Purely intrasellar-infradiaphragmatic (b) Intra- and suprasellar, infra- and supradiaphragmatic (c) Supradiaphragmatic parachiasmatic, extraventricular (d) Intra- and extraventricular (e) Paraventricular in respect to the third…
and Embryology Related to Craniopharyngiomas
Fig. 1.1 A sagittal tissue section of a 7th week embryo (HE stain, 10 × 10). The brain vesicle can be seen, and the base of the diencephalon thickens. Meanwhile, Rathke’s pouch…
of Craniopharyngioma After External Radiotherapy and Intracapsular Radiochemotherapy
Fig. 8.1 This is the case of a patient with Q-type craniopharyngioma who had received intra-cyst irradiation therapy after subtotal resection surgery at a local hospital. Tumor recurrence was found…
