ESPE Abstracts

Context: Craniopharyngiomas are rare, suprasellar tumours with excellent 5-year survival rates of 95%. Despite their benign histology, their tendency to invade vital nearby optic, hypothalamopituitary and vascular structures, complicates resection whilst potentially causing secondary life limiting morbidity, panhypopituitarism and premature mortality. Since 1997, conservative hypothalamic-sparing surgery and radiation to the residual tumour has replaced aggressive resection at...