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Microsurgical Topography of Craniopharyngiomas

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Lesions of the Cerebral Midline

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 35))

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The relationship of craniopharyngiomas to surrounding structures was studied by stereoscopic and hght microscopy in 30 autopsies. The localization of 4 of the tumors was intra- and suprasellar, 26 lesions were primarily suprasellar. Suprasellar craniopharyngiomas were divided into three groups according to their relationship to the floor of the third ventricle: extraventricular4, intra extraventricular14 and intraventricular8. The different locahzation of craniopharyngiomas in the vertical axis is a codeterminant of the direction and extent of tumor growth in the horizontal plane at the base of the brain. Comparison of these anatomical data and additional anatomical findings obtained in primary microsurgical operations of another 16 patients with the results of plain X-ray and contrast studies revealed radiological features characteristic of different topographic groups. The choice of the most adequate approach and degree of radicahty of surgery for craniopharyngiomas can be based on the results of pre-operative neuroradiological investigations.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Comenius University, Limbova 5, 833 05, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Vienna Medical School, Wien, Austria

    Wolfgang T. Koos (Professor of Neurosurgery) & Gerhard Pendl (Associate Professor of Neurosurgery) (Professor of Neurosurgery) &  (Associate Professor of Neurosurgery)

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Šteňo, J. (1985). Microsurgical Topography of Craniopharyngiomas. In: Koos, W.T., Pendl, G. (eds) Lesions of the Cerebral Midline. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 35. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8813-2_16

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