Endocrine Abstracts

Craniopharyngiomas (CP) are congenital, benign, embryonic malformations which arise from ectoblastic remnants of Rathke’s pouch and are located in the (supra-)sellar region. Many patients show a reduced growth rate and an increased BMI early before the diagnosis of CP. However, it is unknown whether patients with CP present with increased head circumference before diagnosis. A cohort of 90 patients was screened for medical records of their developmental monitoring visits....

BackgroundObesity, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and relapse/progression have impact on prognosis in pediatric brain tumor (BT) patients.MethodsIn a cross-sectional study, we analyzed nuchal skinfold thickness (NST) on MRI follow-up monitoring as a parameter for body composition (BC) and CVD in 177 BT patients (40 WHO grade 1–2 BT; 31 grade 3–4 BT; 106 craniopharyngioma (CP)), and 53 healthy control...