Reinvestigating Tumor –Ventricle Relationship of Craniopharyngiomas With Predominantly Ventricular Involvement: An Endoscopic Endonasal Series Based on Histopathological Assessment

ConclusionCPs with predominantly ventricular involvement should be considered as lesions with an extraventricular, epi-pia topography rather than “intraventricular” or “subpial” topography. Accurate understanding of the relationship between the third ventricle and such tumors would predict the circumferential cleavage plane of dissection, and remind neurosurgeons of performing dissection along the safe surgical plane to achieve total tumoral resection with minimizing hypothalamic damage.
Source: Frontiers in Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research