How to treat craniopharyngioma

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Craniopharyngioma is a kind of disease that frequently occurs in adolescents, usually in adolescents before 20 years old. So we should pay special attention, because craniopharyngioma serious will lead to vision loss, which also needs us to be cautious, let the child live in health. If encounter this kind of disease how to do, next I say how to treat craniopharyngioma.

How to treat craniopharyngioma

First, total or subtotal resection is feasible, but the tumor is closely connected with the internal carotid artery, optic nerve and other surrounding tissues, and the invasion of large tumor body to the surrounding tissues, the effect is often not satisfactory, the recurrence rate is high, and it is easy to produce hypothalamic injury, causing diabetes insipidus, body temperature imbalance, non bacterial meningitis. The improvement of symptoms after operation was not ideal. Surgery is the first choice for craniopharyngioma. The purpose of surgical treatment is to remove the compression of optic nerve cross and other nerve tissues by tumor resection.

Second: gamma knife treatment of craniopharyngioma technology is very mature, because the accuracy of gamma knife treatment, so rarely can damage the normal tissue around the tumor. For cystic tumors, the cystic fluid can be punctured after gamma knife treatment. If the tumor is large or adheres to the surrounding tissue seriously, partial resection can be done, and local radiotherapy can be used after operation; for large cystic single lumen craniopharyngioma, isotope 32P Internal Radiotherapy can be used; for small 2-3cm tumor, stereotactic radiosurgery can be used.

Third, due to the invasion and compression of the tumor on the surrounding important structures and the possible impact of surgery, the hypothalamic pituitary axis, adrenal function, water and electrolyte balance should be checked before and after surgery. The principle of treatment is that the tumor that can be completely removed should be completely removed as far as possible; the tumor with large volume or serious adhesion with surrounding tissue can be partially removed, and local radiotherapy should be supplemented after operation;

matters needing attention

When encountering craniopharyngioma, don't be afraid that it can't be cured, and don't dare to face it. You must remember that surgery is the only way to treat this disease. If the local medical conditions are limited, you can seek the authoritative hospitals in the surrounding big cities nearby.