Pituitary News, Issue 9 - Autumn 1998.

Two member's accounts of being diagnosed with a Craniopharyngioma and their subsequent experiences.

Pituitary News, Issue 9 - Autumn 1998.

Craniopharyngiomas are rather uncommon benign tumours, which account for between 4% and 9% of brain tumours in childhood and 1% in adults. Craniopharyngiomas can cause symptoms at any age, from the newborn period to old age, depending on the tumour's rate of growth, but in about 50% of cases, the first effects are noticed in childhood, most commonly between the ages of 5 and 12.