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Others tumors, such as craniopharyngioma, are present from birth.
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Called craniopharyngioma, the tumor could have caused blindness if left untreated.
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Sophie was diagnosed with a craniopharyngioma, a type of brain tumor derived from pituitary gland embryonic tissue that occurs most commonly in children.
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But the 13-year-old girl has endured about 100 injections in her head since June because of craniopharyngioma, a cyst derived from pituitary gland tissue.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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The athlete is expected to make a full recovery, and should be home next week. first discovered he had the tumor, called craniopharyngioma.
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Aberrant hypomethylation at this locus is one cause of Silver-Russell syndrome-a disease of asymmetry or hemihypertrophy associated with increased risk of malignancies including craniopharyngioma, testicular seminoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and Wilms tumor
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ian M. Smith et al. 2009
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In April, he was diagnosed with craniopharyngioma — a brain tumor.
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"Out of thousands of patients there, she was one of only two (with craniopharyngioma) when she was first diagnosed," Rochelle said.
unknown title 2009
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The hypothalamic involvement by the craniopharyngioma before surgery seems to determine the degree of insulin resistance, regardless of the BMI.
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Obesity seems to be linked to the hypothalamic involvement in craniopharyngioma.
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