Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare sellar or suprasellar epithelial tumour with a prevalence of approximately 2 per million and it occurs either in childhood between the ages of 5 and 14 years or in adulthood between the ages of 50 and 74 years. Histologically, CPs are divided into adamantinomatous, more prevalent in children, and papillary, more prevalent in adults. They are usually benign, but rare cases of malignant CPs have been reported. Clinical presentation is...