Endocrine Abstracts

Craniopharyngioma is a rare and benign type of tumour derived from squamous cell nests of the primitive Rathke’s pouch of the pituitary gland. Commonly present in childhood, it is also found in adults in their 50s and 60s. People may initially present with vision disturbance, usually bitemporal inferior quadrantanopia, progressing to bitemporal hemianopsia as the tumour grows and compresses on the optic chiasm. Although a slow-growing tumour, both the disorder and therapy...