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**Vision loss ([[bitemporal hemianopsia]]) | **Vision loss ([[bitemporal hemianopsia]]) | ||
**These defects are often ''permanent'', and may get worse after surgical removal of the tumor. | **These defects are often ''permanent'', and may get worse after surgical removal of the tumor. | ||
*Behavioral and learning problems may be present. | |||
* [[Anorexia (symptom)|Anorexia]] | * [[Anorexia (symptom)|Anorexia]] |
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Overview
Symptoms
Craniopharyngioma causes symptoms by:[1]
- Increasing pressure on the brain, usually from hydrocephalus
- Headache
- Nausea
- Vomiting (especially in the morning)
- Ataxia
- Disrupting hormone production by the pituitary gland
- Polyuria
- Polydipsia
- Stunted growth, leading to short stature
- Decreasing vision due to pressure or damage to the optic nerve
- Vision loss (bitemporal hemianopsia)
- These defects are often permanent, and may get worse after surgical removal of the tumor.
- Behavioral and learning problems may be present.
- Anorexia
- Balance disorder
- Dry skin
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Headache (obstructive hydrocephalus)
- Lethargy
- Myxedema
- Nausea
- Short stature
- Polydipsia
- Polyuria (diabetes insipidus)
- Vision loss (bitemporal hemianopsia)
- Vomiting
- Weight gain
- amenorrhea
References
- ↑ Symptoms of Craniopharyngioma. National library of Medicine. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000345.htm