Research Article: Blood Lipid Disorders in Post-Operative Craniopharyngioma Children and Adolescents and the Improvement with Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Replacement
Introduction:
Craniopharyngiomas (CPs) are brain tumors arising from the remnants of Rathke’s pouch, accounting for about % of childhood brain tumors. Approximately –% of the CP cases were seen in children and adolescents. , CPs are usually located at the sellar region and the patients often have pituitary hormone deficiency, which can be caused by the tumor per se or by treatments such as surgery and/or radiotherapy. Notably, physical destruction of the hypothalamus can cause abnormal weight gain, known as hypothalamic obesity…
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