Abstract
Craniopharyngioma is a benign extra-axial epithelial tumor which often follows an aggressive clinical course resulting in significant morbidity and shortened life expectancy. Harvey Cushing (1932) considered it “the most baffling problem confronting the neurosurgeon” [9]. Mortality after radical tumor removal representing almost 100% lowered after availability of steroid replacement [9]. Further improvement of surgical treatment was brought by microsurgery [2, 5, 7, 12, 16]. Nevertheless, surgical treatment of craniopharyngiomas still remains a challenge. The difficulty of surgical treatment is caused by complex and intimate relationship of the tumor with adjacent nervous and vascular structures of utmost functional importance.
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Šteňo, J. (2009). Craniopharyngiomas. In: Sindou, M. (eds) Practical Handbook of Neurosurgery. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-84820-3_45
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