Craneofaringioma. Presentación de un caso / Craniopharyngiomas. A case report

Authors

  • Juan Manuel Zaldívar Rodríguez Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral y en Neurología. Máster en Atención Integral al Niño. Instructor. Hospital Provincial Pediátrico Docente Pepe Portilla.
  • Jackeline Sosa Hernández Especialista de Primer Grado en Medicina General Integral y Residente de Psiquiatría Infarto Juvenil. Máster en Atención Integral al Niño. Instructora. Hospital Provincial Pediátrico Docente Pepe Portilla.

Abstract

Los craneofaringiomas representan aproximadamente entre el 6 y 10 por ciento de los tumores intracraneales en la infancia. Su manifestación clínica puede variar desde un estado asintomático hasta un amplio espectro de síntomas neurológicos, psicológicos, visuales y endocrinos. Se presenta el caso de una paciente femenina de 15 años de edad, atendida en la consulta externa de neurología del Hospital Pediátrico Pepe Portilla de Pinar del Río por un cuadro de cefalea y vómitos. Se le realizan varias investigaciones cuyo diagnóstico da como resultado un craneofaringioma por tomografía simple de cráneo. Se opera por la vía endoscópica, y se logra una evolución satisfactoria.

DeCS: CRANEOFARINGIOMA/complicaciones, TOMOGRAFÍA.

ABSTRACT

Craniopharyngiomas represent approximately the 6 and 10% of intracranial tumors in the infancy. Clinical manifestations can vary from an asymptomatic status to a wide spectrum of neurological, psychological, visual and endocrine symptoms. A 15 year-old female patient, attending to the external service of neurology at "Pepe Portilla" Provincial Children Hospital, Pinar del Rio, presented a picture of headache and vomits. Several examinations were completed to establish the diagnosis of Craniopharyngioma by means of a simple cranial tomography. She underwent an Endoscopic Surgery and showed a satisfactory evolution.

DeCS: Craniopharyngioma/complications, tomography.

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2011-07-01

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Zaldívar Rodríguez JM, Sosa Hernández J. Craneofaringioma. Presentación de un caso / Craniopharyngiomas. A case report. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2011 Jul. 1 [cited 2025 Aug. 28];15(2):269-74. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/777

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2011)

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CASE REPORTS

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