Craniopharyngioma history and symptoms
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Symptoms
Craniopharyngioma causes symptoms by:[1]
- Increasing pressure on the brain, usually from obstructive hydrocephalus
- Headache
- Nausea
- Vomiting (especially in the morning)
- Ataxia
- Disrupting hormone production by the pituitary gland
- Polyuria
- Polydipsia
- Stunted growth, leading to short stature
- Delayed puberty in children
- Decreased libido
- Amenorrhea
- Decreasing vision due to pressure or damage to the optic nerve
- Vision loss (bitemporal hemianopsia)
- 20% of children and 80% of adults with craniopharyngioma have visual defects
- These defects are often permanent, and may get worse after surgical removal of the tumor
- Behavioral and learning problems may be present, due to frontal and temporal extension
- Anorexia
- Balance disorder
- Dry skin
- Fatigue
- Fever
- 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