Endoscopic Endonasal Management of Craniopharyngioma

Brad E Zacharia; Muhamad Amine; Vijay Anand; Theodore H Schwartz

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2015.09.013

Endoscopic Endonasal Management of Craniopharyngioma

Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2016 Feb;49(1):201-12. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2015.09.013.

Authors

Brad E Zacharia¹, Muhamad Amine², Vijay Anand², Theodore H Schwartz³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 30 Hope Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 E 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 E 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 E 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA; Department of Neuroscience, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 E 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: schwarh@med.cornell.edu.

PMID: 26614838
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2015.09.013

Abstract

Craniopharyngioma is a rare clinical entity that poses a significant management challenge given their location and propensity to recur. As part of a minimally disruptive treatment paradigm, the expanded endonasal approach has the potential to improve rates of resection, improve postoperative visual recovery, and minimize surgical morbidity. This article updates the otolaryngologic community on the basic principles and techniques regarding the incorporation of the endoscopic, endonasal approach in the management paradigm of craniopharyngioma.

Keywords: Craniopharyngioma; Endonasal; Endoscopic; Suprasellar; Transplanum; Transsphenoidal; Transtuberculum.

Publication types

Review
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Craniopharyngioma / pathology
Craniopharyngioma / surgery*
Endoscopy / standards*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Nasal Cavity / surgery*
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Neurosurgical Procedures / standards*
Pituitary Neoplasms / surgery*
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control