Treatment with endoscopic transnasal resection of hypothalamic pilocytic astrocytomas: a single-center experience

BMC Surgery

Table 1 Patient’s demographic and clinical characteristics

	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4	Case 5
Age	46	20	41	14	22
Gender	Female	Female	Female	Female	Female
Clinical presentation	Bilaterla visual disturbance, headache, amenhorrea	Headache, amenhorrea, weight gain	Amenhorrea,dizziness memory deterioration	Menstrual disorder, headache	Menstrual disorder
Preoperative pituitary function	Normal	Hyperprolactinemia	Low free thyroxine	Normal	Normal
Tumor size (mm)	43 × 42	30 × 25	31 × 30	46 × 45	25 × 21
Intratumoral cyst/calcification	Solid and Cyst	Cyst	Solid and Cyst	Solid and Cyst	Solid and Cyst
Displacement of chiasm	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Resection	Gross-total	Gross-total	Gross-total	Subtotal	Gross-total
Preservation of stalk	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Histologic type	PA	PA	PA	PA	PA
Postoperative pituitary function	Hypopituitarism	Hyperprolactinemia	Hypopituitarism	Hypopituitarism	Hypopituitarism
Vision outcomes	Die	Improved	No change	Deterioration	No change

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