Time:May 3-6,2020,Venue:Athens,Greece,Website:https://www.erasmus.gr/microsites/1179The 27th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery(ESPN)will take place in Athens,Greece on May 3-6,2020.ESPN aims ...Time:May 3-6,2020,Venue:Athens,Greece,Website:https://www.erasmus.gr/microsites/1179The 27th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery(ESPN)will take place in Athens,Greece on May 3-6,2020.ESPN aims to organize an outstanding scientific and educational congress to facilitate the spread and exchange of knowledge,skills and attitudes,between experts,researchers,clinicians and trainees,and to continue the development of pediatric neurosurgery in Europe.展开更多
Background:Meningiomas are rather uncommon tumors in the pediatric population,differing significantly from those found in adults by their atypical location,higher rate of more malignant types,consequently higher risk ...Background:Meningiomas are rather uncommon tumors in the pediatric population,differing significantly from those found in adults by their atypical location,higher rate of more malignant types,consequently higher risk of recurrence and a less favorable outcome.Even in children,suprasellar meningiomas without dural matrix are rare findings mimicking more common suprasellar lesions.Case presentation:Here we describe a case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with a rapidly progressing chiasmal syndrome and was diagnosed by MRI with an unusual suprasellar tumor that could not fit the diagnoses expected in a case of a parasellar mass in a child,similar to a craniopharyngioma or optic pathway glioma.After multiple clinical investigations,the tumor etiology was still unclear,so the preferred option of treatment was surgical resection.An endoscope-assisted gross total resection through a supraorbital keyhole approach was performed uneventfully,with total vision recovery in a short time.Benign meningiomas located in the skull base without dural attachment appear to be rare,even in pediatric patients.Conclusion:Differential diagnoses of suprasellar and para sellar tumor lesions in pediatric patients can be confusing.There are peculiar features of pediatric tumor diseases that should be considered while working out the management strategy.The main principle of meningioma treatment is the highest possible extent of resection minimally affecting the quality of life.展开更多
文摘Time:May 3-6,2020,Venue:Athens,Greece,Website:https://www.erasmus.gr/microsites/1179The 27th Congress of the European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery(ESPN)will take place in Athens,Greece on May 3-6,2020.ESPN aims to organize an outstanding scientific and educational congress to facilitate the spread and exchange of knowledge,skills and attitudes,between experts,researchers,clinicians and trainees,and to continue the development of pediatric neurosurgery in Europe.
文摘Background:Meningiomas are rather uncommon tumors in the pediatric population,differing significantly from those found in adults by their atypical location,higher rate of more malignant types,consequently higher risk of recurrence and a less favorable outcome.Even in children,suprasellar meningiomas without dural matrix are rare findings mimicking more common suprasellar lesions.Case presentation:Here we describe a case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with a rapidly progressing chiasmal syndrome and was diagnosed by MRI with an unusual suprasellar tumor that could not fit the diagnoses expected in a case of a parasellar mass in a child,similar to a craniopharyngioma or optic pathway glioma.After multiple clinical investigations,the tumor etiology was still unclear,so the preferred option of treatment was surgical resection.An endoscope-assisted gross total resection through a supraorbital keyhole approach was performed uneventfully,with total vision recovery in a short time.Benign meningiomas located in the skull base without dural attachment appear to be rare,even in pediatric patients.Conclusion:Differential diagnoses of suprasellar and para sellar tumor lesions in pediatric patients can be confusing.There are peculiar features of pediatric tumor diseases that should be considered while working out the management strategy.The main principle of meningioma treatment is the highest possible extent of resection minimally affecting the quality of life.
