craniopharyngioma…

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endocrine glands, a craniopharyngioma, benign tumor that develops near the pituitary gland, a small endocrine gland, the brain, tumor most commonly affects children between 5, 10 years of age, adults, boys, girls, equally likely to develop this condition, craniopharyngioma causes, symptoms in three different ways, by increasing the pressure on the brain, intracranial pressure, by disrupting the function, the pituitary gland, by damaging the optic nerve, increased pressure on the brain causes, headache, nausea, vomiting, balance, pituitary gland causes, hormone imbalances, lead to, excessive thirst, urination, diabetes insipidus, stunted growth, optic nerve is damaged by the tumor, vision problems develop, defects, permanent, worse after surgery to remove the tumor, most patients have at least some visual defects, evidence of decreased hormone production, time of diagnosis, ct scan, mri scan, the brain, a thorough neurological examination, endocrine hormone evaluations to look, imbalances, surgery has been the main treatment, craniopharyngioma, radiation treatment instead of surgery the best choice, patients, in tumors that cannot be removed completely, surgery alone, radiation therapy, tumor has a classic appearance on ct scan, a biopsy, radiation alone is planned, tumor is best treated at a center, experience managing craniopharyngiomas, prognosis, patients, craniopharyngioma is good, an 80-90% chance of permanent cure tumor, completely removed, surgery, high doses of radiation, prognosis, an individual patient depends on several factors, the ability, the tumor to be completely removed, neurological deficits, hormonal imbalances, tumor, the problems, hormones, vision, not improve, the treatment, make them worse, a significant percentage of patients have long-term hormonal, visual, neurological problems following the treatment of craniopharyngioma, in patients, tumor is not completely removed, recur, signs of increased intracranial pressure, headache, nausea, vomiting, imbalance, visual changes, increased thirst, urination, poor growth, child.