Diseases

Craniophyngioma

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Craniopharyngioma is a type of brain tumor derived from pituitary gland embryonic tissue, that occurs most commonly in children but also in adults in their 50s and 60s. People may present with bitemporal inferior quadrantanopia leading to bitemporal hemianopsia, as the tumor may compress the optic chiasm.

SYMPTOMS

Personality changes, headache, confusion, vomiting, pituitary insufficiency. This often occurs to some degree because craniopharyngiomas develop in the area of the pituitary stalk, which can affect the function of the pituitary gland, in children, hormone deficiency can result in: growth failure.

CAUSES

Increasing pressure on the brain, usually from hydrocephalus, disrupting hormone production by the pituitary gland, pressure or damage to the optic nerve.