Abstract: The craniopharyngeal duct tumor is hidden not easy to find. It is a kind of benign tumor, but it also will have a bad effect if it isn’t cured. If it isn’t cured in time, the tumor will compress optic nerve and ocular artery and cause eternal blindness. In addition, it may cause obstruent hydrencephalus to endanger human’s life due to compressing other blood vessel and nerves around it to cause nerve function disorder.

The craniopharyngeal duct tumor is hidden not easy to find. It is a kind of benign tumor, but it also will have a bad effect if it isn’t cured. If it isn’t cured in time, the tumor will compress optic nerve and ocular artery and cause eternal blindness. In addition, it may cause obstruent hydrencephalus to endanger human’s life due to compressing other blood vessel and nerves around it to cause nerve function disorder.

Cai linbo Director of Comprehensive Tumor Treatment Center in GuangDong 999 Brain Hospital treated such a patient named A Lian. A Lian was rural girl in Luoding of Guangdong Province, though she didn’t have a rich family but still lived a simple and happy childhood. But misfortune fell down the young life. A Lian occurred the symptoms of headache and vision haziness, even appeared nausea and vomit. Her father took her to a local big hospital for checking, the magnetic resonance showed saddle section had pathological process and the possibility of craniopharyngeal duct tumor, because the economic condition of her family was not good and she couldn’t afford high operation fees, she received Gamma Knife treatment. Then A Lian’s condition was improved, but less than a year later, A Lian’s vision decreased gradually, due to lack of money to hospital, A Lian relied on local folk prescription for treatment. She took lots of bitter medicinal herbs but it didn’t work. Until A Lian was almost blind and had consciousness disorder was she sent to the local hospital. Her condition was improved with heteropathy and then she discharged. But within later years, A Lian’s condition was unstable, because of almost blindness, A Lian could not go to school like other children, she was full of admiration when she heard her brothers and sisters talk about school. She was looking forward to go to school and study with her classmates.

The illness fell on her again

A Lian was sick again, she had a headache with vomiting, the symptom was even worse this time and her vision was almost down to zero. A Lian’s father held the daughter painfully and came to GuangDong 999 Brain Hospital with the last hope.

Cai linbo Director of Comprehensive Tumor Treatment Center in GuangDong 999 Brain Hospital combined her illness history with her all checking results, diagnosed her as “craniopharyngeal duct tumor relapsed”, and the tumor’s position compressed chiasma opticum to affect her vision. Cai Linbo Director carried out “OMAYA capsule implantation” for her immediately. She would be given radiation for 20 times constantly. A Lian had not the symptoms of headache and vomit gradually. To strengthen treatment, she received X Knife treatment next year. Now A Lian is in good state and her eyes have light feeling.

【expert】

According to the introduction of Cai Linbo Director, craniopharyngeal duct tumor is a kind of inborn benign tumor. Its nosogenic ages have two peaks, one is 5-14 year old, the other is 50-74 year old, and the number of children takes one third of the sum. The common clinical symptoms are nausea and vomit caused by intracranial pressure increasing, vision decreasing, lacking of field of vision, diabetes insipidus and hypoevolutism. The best treatment method for craniopharyngeal duct tumor is to operate with the radiation after operation. To the rest or recurrent craniopharyngeal duct tumor, radiation is a safe and effective way to cure. “As a doctor, I need to remind patients and their relatives, craniopharyngeal duct tumor is a kind of benign tumor, but you should go to hospital as soon as possible after finding it.”