Craniopharyngioma

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… ; Radical surgery improves outcome of pediatric craniopharyngioma  -  Oct 25, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Life Science Weekly - Factiva, from Dow Jones..."Forty-eight children with craniopharyngioma presented in the study period. ... A treatment paradigm for childhood craniopharyngioma is presented which ...

… Abnormalities in an Adult Survivor of Pediatric Craniopharyngioma  -  Jul 1, 2008
Cancer NetworkIn adult survivors of craniopharyngioma, metabolic complications such as poor ... Hypothalamic obesity occurs in half of craniopharyngioma survivors and is ...

Craniopharyngioma.  -  Sep 15, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Optician - Factiva, from Dow JonesCraniopharyngioma has a wide age spectrum with 50 per cent occurring in children ... Although weight gain is the more common problem in craniopharyngioma, ...

Craniopharyngioma excision exacerbates metabolic issues.(Metabolic …  -  Apr 1, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Family Practice News - HighBeam ResearchCraniopharyngioma excision exacerbates metabolic issues.(Metabolic Disorders) ... find Family Practice News articles. TORONTO -- Children who become obese ...

Metastatic Craniopharyngioma  -  Jun 1, 2006
AJNR (subscription)Kanchan Gupta ,a , Matthew J. Kuhn a , Douglas W. Shevlin a and Lyle E. Wacaser a. a From the Departments of Radiology (KG, MJK), Pathology (DWS), ...

… ; Radical surgery improves outcome of pediatric craniopharyngioma  -  Oct 24, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Health & Medicine Week - Factiva, from Dow Jones..."Forty-eight children with craniopharyngioma presented in the study period. ... A treatment paradigm for childhood craniopharyngioma is presented which ...

Childhood Craniopharyngioma – Recent Advances in Diagnosis and …  -  Jun 10, 2006
Deutsches ÄrzteblattIntroduction: Craniopharyngioma are benign, partly cysticembryogenic malformations of the sellar region, thought to be derived from Rathke's pouch ...

… ; Radical surgery improves outcome of pediatric craniopharyngioma  -  Oct 30, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Medical Devices & Surgical Technology... - Factiva, from Dow Jones..."Forty-eight children with craniopharyngioma presented in the study period. ... A treatment paradigm for childhood craniopharyngioma is presented which ...

craniopharyngioma -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia  -  Jun 4, 2008
Subscription - Encyclopedia Britannica...benign brain tumour arising from the pituitary gland. Although most common in children, it can occur at any age. As it grows, the tumour may compress the ...

Craniopharyngioma; Treatment approaches fail to prevent recurrence in...  -  Nov 1, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Life Science Weekly - Factiva, from Dow Jones2005 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Novel treatment approaches can improve acute management of pediatric craniopharyngioma, but have so far failed to lower the ...

… Pituitary: Clinicopathological Features Distinguishing Craniopharyng...  -  Dec 1, 2006
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and...The distinction among craniopharyngioma (CR), Rathke's cleft cyst (RCC), and intrasellar arachnoid cyst (AC) remains a difficult preoperative problem. ...

Stolen, images of a sick little girl  -  Jan 27, 2007
Manchester Evening NewsThe youngster suffers from a rare condition called Craniopharyngioma and has had treatment at Christie Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. ...

Pediatric Brain Cancer; Total resection of pediatric craniopharyngioma...  -  Oct 30, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Medical Devices & Surgical Technology... - Factiva, from Dow Jones..."The best management of craniopharyngioma in children remains a controversial ... The two treatments for craniopharyngioma most commonly discussed in the ...

Little Iona faces scan on day mother launches new group  -  Jul 14, 2008
Birmingham Post - The Birmingham PostSix-year-old Iona had an operation to remove the slow-growing Craniopharyngioma tumour from her brain in 2007, but doctors are worried that it could have ...

… Hospital, Buenos Aires; Total resection of pediatric craniopharyngi...  -  Oct 26, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Biotech Week - Factiva, from Dow Jones..."The best management of craniopharyngioma in children remains a controversial ... The two treatments for craniopharyngioma most commonly discussed in the ...

… ; Hypothalamic influence in craniopharyngioma determines features...  -  Dec 27, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Life Science Weekly - Factiva, from Dow JonesKeywords: Paris, France, Craniopharyngioma, Endocrinology, Growth Hormone, Hormones, Hypothalamic, Hypothalamus, Neurology, Obesity, Oncology, ...

Craniopharyngioma; Surgeons must maximize chance for gross total …  -  Oct 25, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Life Science Weekly - Factiva, from Dow Jones2005 OCT 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Surgeons must maximize the chance for a gross total removal of craniopharyngioma during preoperative planning. ...

Craniopharyngiomas.(care and treatment)  -  Oct 1, 2006
$4.95 - Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - ECNextNurses play a major role in caring for patients with a craniopharyngioma by ... An enlarging pituitary mass, such as a craniopharyngioma, can affect any of ...

Craniopharyngioma; Surgical treatment can be effective without...  -  Oct 25, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Science Letter - Factiva, from Dow Jones2005 OCT 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Surgical treatment without adjuvant radiation is a feasible and effective strategy for craniopharyngioma management. ...

… Bleomycin chemotherapy is effective against pediatric craniopharyngi...  -  Oct 25, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Life Science Weekly - Factiva, from Dow JonesA total of 11 pediatric patients with recurrent cystic craniopharyngioma was treated by intracystic injection of bleomycin after 1988 and followed up from 3 ...

Craniopharyngioma; Surgeons must maximize chance for gross total …  -  Oct 24, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Health & Medicine Week - Factiva, from Dow Jones2005 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Surgeons must maximize the chance for a gross total removal of craniopharyngioma during preoperative planning. ...

石祥æ?©ã€?å?´æ–Œè°ˆè„‘血管病的诊断与治疗  -  Nov 25, 2008
人民网...手术切除颅咽管瘤近500余例,全切除率90%以上,其论文“Craniopharyngioma: Surgical experience of 309 cases in China�在欧洲Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery ...

Craniopharyngioma; Surgeons must maximize chance for gross total …  -  Oct 30, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Medical Devices & Surgical Technology... - Factiva, from Dow Jones2005 OCT 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Surgeons must maximize the chance for a gross total removal of craniopharyngioma during preoperative planning. ...

Headache and failure to thrive  -  Jan 17, 2006
CMAJThe lesion was radiologically compatible with a craniopharyngioma. ... Craniopharyngioma is a histologically benign and slow-growing tumour that ...

GHRH Plus Arginine in the Diagnosis of Acquired GH Deficiency of …  -  Dec 1, 2007
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and...The median peak GH response to insulin was significantly lower in the patients with craniopharyngioma (1.4 µg/liter; range, 0.8–1.7) than in the patients ...

Craniopharyngioma; Surgical treatment can be effective without...  -  Oct 24, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Health & Medicine Week - Factiva, from Dow Jones2005 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com) -- Surgical treatment without adjuvant radiation is a feasible and effective strategy for craniopharyngioma management. ...

Complications of Diabetes Insipidus: The Significance of Headache  -  May 14, 2007
MedscapeHe was diagnosed with panhypopituitarism and craniopharyngioma. ... Diabetes insipidus in craniopharyngioma: Postoperative management of water and ...

The Buffalo News : City & Region  -  Dec 21, 2009
Buffalo NewsCalled a craniopharyngioma, it is a relatively rare tumor that strikes children and ... The hospital doctors determined that the craniopharyngioma had been ...

Treatment hope for child tumours  -  Apr 16, 2005
BBC NewsCraniopharyngioma tumours, responsible for one in 10 childhood brain ... Craniopharyngioma tumours are usually diagnosed in babies and very young children. ...

Complications of diabetes insipidus: the significance of headache.( …  -  Jan 1, 2007
$4.95 - Pediatric Nursing - ECNextHe was diagnosed with panhypopituitarism and craniopharyngioma. Subsequently, Travis underwent surgical resection of the tumor. ...

Article: Craniopharyngiomas.(care and treatment) - Journal of …  -  Oct 1, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - HighBeam ResearchNurses play a major role in caring for patients with a craniopharyngioma by ... An enlarging pituitary mass, such as a craniopharyngioma, can affect any of ...

Minimally Invasive Endonasal Surgery ~ Preferred Route for Pituitary,...  -  Aug 4, 2009
Medical TourismFor those having endonasal removal of a meningioma or craniopharyngioma, a one-night ICU stay is typically followed by two more days in the hospital then ...

Article: Still helping fight fires at 82, volunteer gets statewide...  -  May 21, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Buffalo News - HighBeam ResearchDistinguishing craniopharyngioma from Rathke cleft cyst is sometimes difficult, and ... distinction is clinically significant because Rathke cleft cysts ...

Concert to help single mother with brain tumor  -  Jun 22, 2008
$2.95 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune - NewsBankIf the craniopharyngioma involves the optic tracts or nerves, blindness can occur. Surgery is usually performed to remove the tumor to help preserve visual ...

David Reutimann: Rookie Diary  -  Nov 9, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Tampa Tribune - ProQuest ArchiverLease-sponsored Toyota was designed by Wiley King, an 18-year-old man from Mississippi who has a slow-growing brain tumor called a craniopharyngioma. ...

Montana Case Law - WHITE v. JOHNSON, 2009 MT 254  -  Aug 3, 2009
Pay-Per-View - Montana Case Law - LoislawDr. Kelker began testing and evaluation which ultimately led to the discovery of a craniopharyngioma that had engulfed Brianna's pituitary gland. ...

New Jersey Administrative Code - 8:57A-1.8 List of reportable...  -  Aug 16, 2005
Pay-Per-View - New Jersey Administrative Code - Loislaw...adenoma (O) Adamanthinomatous craniopharyngioma (+) Adenoma (O) Basophil ... (O) Papillary adenoma (O) Papillary craniopharyngioma (+) Pituitary adenoma ...

supraorbital | Definition of supraorbital | HighBeam.com: Online...  -  Jul 12, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Oxford American College Dictionary - HighBeam ResearchArticle: Supraorbital 'keyhole' approach for craniopharyngioma. Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences; July 1, 2006 ; 700+ words ... ... Rajan. ...

Going deep for the answers  -  Jan 4, 2010
Toronto SunBut the 13-year-old girl has endured about 100 injections in her head since June because of craniopharyngioma, a cyst derived from pituitary gland tissue. ...

Tumor no match for Meadows  -  Jun 14, 2007
Bluefield Daily TelegraphZachary was diagnosed with a tumor called a craniopharyngioma. According to the website of the National Cancer Institute, a craniopharyngioma grows at the ...

Hemorrhagic pituitary adenomas of adolescence  -  Jul 1, 2007
AJNR (subscription)The preliminary clinical and imaging diagnoses were craniopharyngioma or Rathke's ... The clinical and MR imaging features may mimic craniopharyngioma or ...

Baseline Characteristics and Response to 2 Years of Growth Hormone ( …  -  Aug 1, 2006
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and...Patients with hypopituitarism caused by a craniopharyngioma (CP) and/or its treatment have a higher mortality than patients with other etiologies, ...

Factiva Search  -  Oct 24, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Health & Medicine Week - Factiva, from Dow JonesCraniopharyngioma; Surgical outcomes of pediatric craniopharyngioma discussed. 24 October, 2005 Health & Medicine Week ...

Factiva Search  -  Oct 29, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week - Factiva, from Dow JonesCraniopharyngioma; Surgical outcomes of pediatric craniopharyngioma discussed. 29 October, 2005 Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week ...

Factiva Search  -  Oct 25, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Science Letter - Factiva, from Dow JonesCraniopharyngioma; Surgeons must maximize chance for gross total removal of craniopharyngioma. 25 October, 2005 Science Letter ...

The Buffalo News : City & Region  -  Jan 22, 2010
Buffalo NewsIn April, he was diagnosed with craniopharyngioma — a brain tumor. A surgery at Women & Children's Hospital relieved the pressure on his optic nerve. ...

Not Again - Cancer, Coping and Overcoming Illness, Scott Hamilton : …  -  Jan 26, 2010
People MagazineNow Hamilton, 46, must battle craniopharyngioma, a rare, noncancerous tumor near his pituitary gland that, if left untreated, could leave him blind. ...

Old Zac back as tumour vanishes  -  Jun 2, 2008
NEWS.com.auA craniopharyngioma tumour near Zac's pituitary gland refused to budge after two rounds of surgery at the Royal Children's Hospital. ...

Article: Complications of diabetes insipidus: the significance of...  -  Jan 1, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Pediatric Nursing - HighBeam ResearchTravis was a healthy young boy until recently when he started complaining of headaches. He was diagnosed with panhypopituitarism and craniopharyngioma. ... ...

Bloomberg Printer-Friendly Page  -  Sep 18, 2009
BloombergHolmes began speaking out publicly, she said, after she couldn't get Ontario in July 2005 to speed removal of her craniopharyngioma, a type of slow-growing ...

FANCY HATS AND A SKATING LEGEND  -  Apr 17, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Richmond Times - Dispatch - ProQuest ArchiverTypically, he said, craniopharyngioma shows up in children 5 to 12 years old. One of the symptoms is stunted growth. Hamilton stopped growing at an early ...

The Buffalo News : City & Region  -  Jan 10, 2010
Buffalo NewsCraniopharyngioma, the type of cancer Deaglan had, generally strikes children and adults over 50. More than a year ago, Deaglan started suffering a variety ...

The Buffalo News : City & Region  -  Dec 6, 2009
Buffalo NewsIn April, Deaglan was diagnosed in Women & Children's Hospital with a craniopharyngioma, a relatively rare brain tumor that afflicts children and adults ...

East Aurora boy comes through rare brain surgery  -  Jul 30, 2009
Buffalo NewsIn April, Deaglan was diagnosed in Women & Children's Hospital with a craniopharyngioma, a relatively rare brain tumor that afflicts children and adults ...

Does primary etiology affect outcomes in adults with childhood-onset ...  -  Jan 18, 2008
Nature.com159 patients had organic pituitary disease (87 with craniopharyngioma), and 47 patients had GHD as a result of brain tumor (14 with medulloblastoma). ...

News readers send boy 1,350 get-well cards  -  Jul 22, 2009
Buffalo NewsDeaglan Carney has craniopharyngioma, a relatively rare tumor that generally affects children. He is scheduled to undergo surgery late this month in New ...

Baseline characteristics and response to 2 years of growth hormone …  -  May 25, 2005
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and...Patients with hypopituitarism caused by a craniopharyngioma (CP) and/or its treatment have a higher mortality than patients with other etiologies, ...

West freshman lives life to its fullest despite growth-inhibiting...  -  Oct 13, 2005
$2.95 - Anchorage Daily News - NewsBankAn MRI revealed craniopharyngioma, a brain tumor diagnosed in less than 200 children a year in ... Craniopharyngioma doesn't grow or infect other organs. ...

A Canadian's journey south  -  Sep 23, 2009
Calgary HeraldIt could be a meningioma, a pituitary adenoma, a craniopharyngioma, an epidermoid adenoma, or a Rathke's cleft cyst, they say. You ask what these are. ...

Cycling to raise awareness of polio  -  Sep 1, 2008
Canada.comThe OLI Foundation was founded in honour of O'Linda Cuffaro, a teacher who learned at 26 that she had a rare form of tumour called a craniopharyngioma. ...

Zac shows plenty of fight  -  May 15, 2007
NEWS.com.auRadiographer Greg Wheeler said the craniopharyngioma tumour, which sits near Zac's pituitary gland, had responded well to the difficult treatment.

Surgical Management; Growth pattern of craniopharyngiomas helps …  -  Oct 25, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Cancer Weekly - Factiva, from Dow JonesKeywords: Seoul, South Korea, Craniopharyngioma, Diaphragm Sellae, Growth Pattern, Supradiaphragmatic Tumors, Subdiaphragmatic Tumors, Neurology, Oncology, ...

Factiva Search  -  Oct 25, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Science Letter - Factiva, from Dow JonesPediatric Brain Cancer; Total resection of pediatric craniopharyngioma is recommended. 25 October, 2005 Science Letter ...

Surgical Management; Growth pattern of craniopharyngiomas helps …  -  Oct 30, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Medical Devices & Surgical Technology... - Factiva, from Dow JonesKeywords: Seoul, South Korea, Craniopharyngioma, Diaphragm Sellae, Growth Pattern, Supradiaphragmatic Tumors, Subdiaphragmatic Tumors, Neurology, Oncology, ...

Factiva Search  -  Oct 25, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Life Science Weekly - Factiva, from Dow JonesPediatric Brain Cancer; Total resection of pediatric craniopharyngioma is recommended. 25 October, 2005 Life Science Weekly ...

Factiva Search  -  Oct 24, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Health & Medicine Week - Factiva, from Dow JonesCancer Therapy; Bleomycin chemotherapy is effective against pediatric craniopharyngioma. 24 October, 2005 Health & Medicine Week ...

Severe thrombocytopenia due to hypersplenism successfully treated...  -  Apr 1, 2005
$4.95 - Southern Medical Journal - ECNextHis medical history was significant for craniopharyngioma, which was surgically removed in 1987. After the surgery, the patient had hypopituitarism, ...

Priest requests get well cards for boy with brain tumor  -  Jul 4, 2009
Buffalo NewsDeaglan Carney was diagnosed with the craniopharyngioma in his brain in April at Women&Children's Hospital in Buffalo. The Rev. ...

Boy's smile is family's best gift  -  Dec 20, 2009
Buffalo NewsIn April, he was diagnosed with craniopharyngioma — a brain tumor. A surgery at Women & Children's Hospital relieved the pressure on his optic nerve. ...

Nothing is beyond his grasp  -  May 18, 2008
Albany Times UnionMike lost eyesight in his right eye in the sixth grade, before a craniopharyngioma (a benign tumor that crushed his optic nerve) was removed. ...

Brain Cancer Health Center  -  Jan 16, 2009
WebMDChildhood Cerebral Astrocytoma/Malignant Glioma Treatment, Childhood Ependymoma Treatment, Childhood Craniopharyngioma Treatment, and Childhood Visual ...

Bouncing back from a 1,000-day headache - Teen overwhelmed by …  -  Apr 29, 2008
$2.95 - Buffalo News - NewsBankIt turned out to be craniopharyngioma, a relatively rare brain tumor that often afflicts children. It is not cancerous, but if left unchecked is fatal. ...

Evaluation of optic nerve head configuration in various types of...  -  May 25, 2007
Nature.comIn those with CON, 16 patients had pituitary adenoma, two had craniopharyngioma, three had suprasellar meningioma, and three had Rathke's cleft cyst, ...

Alongside his scar, a smile  -  Nov 8, 2009
Buffalo NewsCraniopharyngioma, the type of cancer Deaglan had, generally strikes children and adults over 50. More than a year ago, Deaglan started suffering a variety ...

Growth hormone and thyroid function—interaction and inhibition  -  Feb 19, 2007
Nature.comThe etiology of GHD in the study cohort was pituitary adenoma (155 patients), craniopharyngioma (20 patients), other sellar masses (43 patients), ...

Sakit Kepala Pertanda Tumor Otak  -  Jan 20, 2010
Portal CBN...penyebab timbulnya penyakit ini berdasarkan teori dapat terjadi karena kelainan genetik, bawaan sejak lahir seperti craniopharyngioma dan lain-lain, ...

West High diver fights back from brain tumor  -  Nov 7, 2008
Anchorage Daily NewsAn MRI revealed craniopharyngioma, a brain tumor. RoseFigura needed four hours of brain surgery to relieve pressure on her pituitary gland, ...

Disability can't stop steady hand - Bob Barrall Jr. cannot walk or...  -  Sep 23, 2007
$2.95 - Philadelphia Inquirer - NewsBankWhat Barrall has not lost is the ability to work with his hands, a skill he developed before he turned 11, When he was stricken with craniopharyngioma - a ...

Buffalo News, The : East Aurora boy survives rare brain surgery - <br>...  -  Jul 30, 2009
$2.95 - Buffalo News - NewsBank...craniopharyngioma, a relatively rare brain tumor that afflicts children and. adults over 50. The tumor develops around or near the pituitary gland and can ...

Brain Surgery Associated With Cognitive Improvement: Presented at …  -  Apr 27, 2006
DG NewsStudy subjects had a variety of tumor types, such as craniopharyngioma, meningioma, central neurocytoma, colloidal cyst, and gliomas that ranged in severity ...

After Bout With Illness, Boy Can Now Play  -  May 26, 2005
St. Petersburg Times - Google News ArchiveHe was diagnosed with craniopharyngioma, a benign tumor near the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. The tumor, his father said, was the size of a ...

After bout with illness, boy can play  -  May 27, 2005
St. Petersburg Times - Google News ArchiveHe was diagnosed with craniopharyngioma, a benign tumor near the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. The tumor, his father said, was the size of a ...

Red dots visual field test with blue on yellow & blue on red macula...  -  May 13, 2005
Nature.comVisual outcome after craniopharyngioma. Ophthalmology 1990; 97: 539. | PubMed | ISI | ChemPort |. Mutlukan E, Skarf B. The relationship between red color ...

Tumor Removal Technique Advances  -  Oct 19, 2005
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News ArchiveShe was pregnant with her fourth child in 2002 when she began having vision problems aused by a craniopharyngioma. a tumor that severely compressed her opt ...

VITAL: THE LITTLE LAD WHO'LL STAY A BOY WITHOUT HELP  -  Oct 18, 2005
Scottish Daily RecordThe 13-year-old has a brain condition so rare only 20 other people in the UK have itHe has craniopharyngioma, known as the Peter Pan syndrome, ...

Hari Raya cheer for children in hospital  -  Nov 23, 2005
Malaysia StarDoctors told her that Anne Nadzirah had craniopharyngioma, a benign tumour at the base of the skull that can result in hydrocephalus, or build-up of spinal ...

Buffalo News, The : LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS  -  Jul 22, 2009
$2.95 - Buffalo News - NewsBankDeaglan Carney has craniopharyngioma, a relatively rare tumor that. generally affects children. He is scheduled to undergo surgery late this month ...

Eye Health Problems and Eye Health Care Features from Optician Online...  -  Dec 15, 2006
Optician OnlineThe varied range of these - in the past we have had reports on conditions ranging from leucocoria to craniopharyngioma - bears testament not only to Patel's ...

Moreno Valley | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland …  -  Jan 29, 2007
Press-EnterpriseThe condition, known as craniopharyngioma, is a slow-growing tumor from birth, Jamie Cardiff said. Surgeons removed the majority of the tumor, ...

Identification Of Novel Tumor Biomarkers Holds Promise For Improved …  -  Apr 29, 2008
Medical News Today - Medical News Today (press release)...medulloblastoma, atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor, primitive neuroectodermal tumor, ganglioglioma, hemangioblastoma and craniopharyngioma, n=16). ...

Buffalo News, The : LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS  -  Jul 4, 2009
$2.95 - Buffalo News - NewsBankDeaglan Carney was diagnosed with the craniopharyngioma in his brain in. April at Women & Children's Hospital in Buffalo. The Rev. Joseph Moreno of St. ...

Singleton stunned to be odd man out Series: DAILY REPORT  -  May 21, 2005
Pay-Per-View - St. Petersburg Times - ProQuest ArchiverThe boy is being treated for craniopharyngioma, a condition in which a benign tumor develops near the pituitary gland at the base of his brain. ...

Primary gets a boost in cancer fight -  -  Jul 7, 2005
$2.95 - Salt Lake Tribune, The - NewsBankIn 2003, Savannah was diagnosed with craniopharyngioma and surgeons removed her brain tumor. Because the tumor was next to the hypothalamus, which controls ...

Author: PATRICIA MAZZEI For The Miami Herald  -  Jan 18, 2007
$2.95 - Miami Herald - NewsBankChristina had a craniopharyngioma, a slow-growing, benign tumor that develops near the pituitary gland. As it grows, the tumor can encase the optic nerve or ...

Article: Annual visit to Capitol Hill rekindles pain - and hope.(Virgi...  -  Aug 9, 2009
Pay-Per-View - Virginian-Pilot - HighBeam ResearchTheir daughter Crystal was diagnosed with craniopharyngioma 18 years ago. Crystal was only 3 years old when doctors discovered a brain tumor growing on her ...

Brain tumor survivor runs, raises $62K  -  Feb 4, 2007
$2.95 - Miami Herald - NewsBankReyes underwent brain surgery in July to remove a craniopharyngioma, a slow-growing, benign brain tumor. About a month after surgery, she was cleared to run ...

Brain tumor survivor runs, raises $62,000  -  Feb 1, 2007
$2.95 - Miami Herald - NewsBankReyes underwent brain surgery in July to remove a craniopharyngioma, a slow-growing, benign brain tumor. About a month after surgery, she was cleared to run ...

Comparison of the GDx VCC scanning laser polarimeter and the stratus ...  -  Jan 26, 2007
Nature.comThirty-two patients had pituitary adenoma, three had craniopharyngioma, and two had suprasellar menigioma. The SD age was 44.4±11.7 years (range 21–72) in ...

Sunday Observer Plus | Sundayobserver.lk - Sri Lanka  -  Oct 26, 2008
Sunday ObserverGlioma, Craniopharyngioma, pineal tumours, central Neurocytoma, Ependymoma, Medulloblastoma, cavernoma, thalamotomy, pallidotomy, ...

HEAD and Heart ; Child's brain tumor is test of family's faith,...  -  Jan 6, 2007
Pay-Per-View - Colorado Springs Gazette - ProQuest ArchiverDoctors suspect that Lilli was born with her tumor, called a craniopharyngioma. It's a rare disease, but when it strikes, it tends to strike children, ...



Background information on Craniopharyngioma [When available]

A tumor of the brain that develops from the epithelium derived from Rathke's pouch and usually affects children.

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