%0 Journal Article
%T Craneofaringioma. Presentaci¨®n de un caso
%A Zald¨ªvar Rodr¨ªguez
%A Juan Manuel
%A Sosa Hern¨¢ndez
%A Jackeline
%J Revista de Ciencias M£¿£¿dicas de Pinar del R£¿-o
%D 2011
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X 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.
%K craniopharyngioma [complications]
%K tomography.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1561-31942011000200025&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en