2025 Proffered Presentations
V130: EXPANDED ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL APPROACH TO TUBEROINFUNDIBULAR CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA WITH THIRD VENTRICULAR EXTENSION
Hussain Shallwani, MD1; Muhammad Waqas, MD1; Jaims Lim, MD1; Jason M Davies, MD, PhD1; Ryan McSpadden, MD2; Ayham Al Afif, MD, MSc2; Hanna N Algattas, MD1; 1University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine; 2Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Craniopharyngiomas are opportune lesions for resection via the endonasal route if not arising purely within the third ventricle. If so, the endonasal approach has increased risk of hypothalamic injury. Here we present the case of a 64 year-old male with a tubero-infundibular craniopharyngioma with secondary extension into the third ventricle. This tumor was resected via an expanded endonasal route and we detail the technical nuances in approaching such lesions entering the third ventricle from inferiorly.