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Craniopharyngioma is a fairly rare brain tumor with an incidence of 5% - 10% of brain tumors in children and 1% - 4% of brain tumors in adults, most commonly in people aged 50 - 70 years.
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| Craniopharyngeal tumor in the patient's brain |
On August 1, Saigon South International General Hospital said that it had just successfully operated to remove the entire rare craniopharyngeal tumor for a patient with TKT (8 years old). The patient came to the clinic with a headache and blurred vision.
Suspected optic nerve damage, the patient was assigned to have MRI brain - cerebral blood vessels. As a result of diagnosis, the patient had a craniopharyngeal tumor compressing the optic nerve. Assessing the disease progression of Mr. T.'s ability to gradually lose his vision leading to blindness, the hospital team decided to surgically remove the tumor for the patient.
After a 5-hour surgery, with the help of microsurgery glasses that magnified the tumor location by 25 times, the surgical team was able to remove the entire craniopharyngeal tumor including solid and cystic parts for the patient.
7 days after surgery, the patient was discharged from the hospital in stable health, headache was gone, vision improved.
According to MSc-BSCKII. Do Anh Vu, Department of Neurosurgery - Spine, Saigon South International General Hospital, craniopharyngioma is a fairly rare tumor in the brain, with an incidence of 5% - 10% of brain tumors in children and 1 % - 4% of brain tumors in adults, most commonly in people aged 50 - 70 years. Craniopharyngeal tumors are located at the location of many important brain structures, so they can cause severe symptoms and sequelae for patients if not detected and treated promptly.
“Headaches, insomnia, balance disorders, blurred vision, drooping eyelids… are signs that show abnormalities in the brain and nervous system, sometimes the disease progresses very quickly, causing dangerous complications for people. sick. Therefore, patients need to visit medical facilities as soon as they appear abnormal signs of health, "said Doctor Do Anh Vu.
