Intracystic treatments for craniopharyngioma.

@article{Steinbok2010IntracysticTF,
  title={Intracystic treatments for craniopharyngioma.},
  author={Paul Steinbok and Juliette Hukin},
  journal={Neurosurgical focus},
  year={2010},
  volume={28 4},
  pages={
          E13
        }
}
Craniopharyngioma is a benign tumor histopathologically and in theory should be curable by radical resection. In practice, this tumor behaves like a chronic disease, with many issues related to the effect of the tumor itself and the various treatments on the adjacent structures, such as the pituitary stalk and gland, hypothalamus, visual apparatus, and suprasellar arteries. A multimodality approach to the management of these tumors may produce the optimal outcome, balancing disease control and… 
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