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V010: SINGLE-STAGE EXPANDED ENDONASAL RESECTION OF GIANT CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA
Muhammad Waqas¹; Lukasz Przepiorka¹; Jason M Davies¹; Ryan P McSpadden²; Matthew Kabalan³; ¹Department of Neurosurgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; ²Department of Head & Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA; ³Department of Otolaryngology, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

A 52-year-old male presented with several months of altered mental status, confusion, and memory impairment. Imaging demonstrated a tuberoinfundibular craniopharyngioma with significant extension into the third and lateral ventricles, leading to pituitary dysfunction and cognitive decline. A staged approach was considered in the event of incomplete resection.  The patient underwent expanded endoscopic endonasal resection with planned pituitary sacrifice. Two small residual foci of enhancement adherent to the bilateral hypothalami were planned for subsequent radiosurgery treatment.

 

 

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