hrp0098fc3.3 | Pituitary, Neuroendocrinology and Puberty 1 | ESPE2024

Analysis of clinical factors affecting retinal ganglion cell complex thickness reduction in patients with childhood onset craniopharyngioma.

Bogusz-Wójcik Agnieszka , Rakusiewicz Klaudia , Tutka Aleksandra , Hautz Wojciech , Jaworski Maciej , Moszczyńska Elżbieta

Background: Visual impairment is a critical component of aftercare in survivors of childhood onset craniopharyngioma (CP). This study aims to evaluate retinal ganglion cell complex thickness (GCC) and correlation with clinical parameters in patients with CP using optical coherence tomography (OCT).Methods: Sixty eyes of 37 patients with childhood onset craniopharyngioma and 90 eyes of 45 age and sex-matched healthy volun...

hrp0098p1-188 | Pituitary, Neuroendocrinology and Puberty 3 | ESPE2024

Childhood-onset craniopharyngioma: 26 years of experience at Children's Memorial Health Institute (CMHI)

Moszczyńska Elżbieta , Bogusz-Wójcik Agnieszka , Tutka Aleksandra , Baszyńska-Wilk Marta

Introduction: Childhood onset craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare, low-grade (WHO I) embryonic malformation arising from remnants of the craniopharyngeal duct in the sellar and parasellar regions.Methods: This retrospective study included 167 children (53% boys, 47% girls) diagnosed with CP at the CMHI, Warsaw, Poland, from 1998 to 2024. We evaluated anthropometric data, hormonal test results pre- and post-surgery, brain ma...