| Case 3 Treatment
Operation #1: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt was done initially
with resolution of most of the symptoms.
Operation #2: A right frontal craniotomy was done to approach this lesion. At surgery a partially calcified
solid tumour was encountered just anterior to chiasm. No cyst found. The lesion was so firm that one could hardly
get a bite with the pituitary forceps or currette. On trying to approach it after opening the Sylvian fissure
between the right optic nerve and the internal carotid artery, it did not bear any fruits. Exposing it behind the
chiasm did not reveal any cystic lesion. Surgery was therefore abandoned.
BIOPSY REPORT: Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma
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