Craniopharyngioma 1cm is not considered large, and the size of craniopharyngiomas that cause clinical symptoms is usually around 2~5cm, but with some variability.
Craniopharyngiomas are usually benign tumors formed by epithelial hyperplasia of the craniopharyngeal tube remnants due to abnormalities during embryonic development. Symptoms are usually not obvious in the early stage, and in the later stage, as the tumor increases in size, usually reaching a diameter of 2cm or more, the patient may suffer from developmental delay, urolithiasis, visual impairment and other symptoms.
Craniopharyngioma 1cm, although not big, but due to the location of deeper, the difficulty of complete surgical resection is relatively large, traumatic, and the probability of the emergence and occurrence of the higher, easy to cause lifelong neuroendocrine dysfunction after the operation, but also affects the patient’s quality of life. It is recommended that patients actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment.