Table 4.
Clinical and radiological features and therapeutic intervention.
| Age and radiological aspects | Therapeutic interventions∗ | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Only surgery (%) | Surgery and medical treatment (%) | Surgery and radiotherapy (%) | Surgery, medical treatment, and radiotherapy (%) | ||
| Patients n (%) | 11 (22) | 20 (40) | 11 (22) | 8 (16) | |
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| Age (years) † | 40 ± 13 | 29 ± 16 | 48 ± 11 | 23 ± 15 | 0.0008 |
| Diameter (mm) | 43.7 ± 17.5 | 46.3 ± 12.2 | 44.7 ± 15.3 | 41.9 ± 9.8 | 0.8812 |
| Invasion | |||||
| Parasellar | 0.7288 | ||||
| No | 1 (13) | 3 (37) | 3 (37) | 1 (13) | |
| Yes | 10 (24) | 17 (40) | 8 (19) | 7 (17) | |
| Infrasellar | 0.0219 | ||||
| No | 5 (50) [2] | 1 (10) [−2] | 1 (10) [−1] | 3 (30) [1] | |
| Yes | 6 (15) [−2] | 19 (48) [2] | 10 (25) [1] | 5 (12) [−1] | |
| Extension | |||||
| Suprasellar | 0.1600 | ||||
| No | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | |
| Yes | 11 (22) | 20 (41) | 11 (22) | 7 (14) | |
| 3rd ventricle | 0.1805 | ||||
| No | 5 (28) | 4 (22) | 4 (22) | 5 (28) | |
| Yes | 6 (19) | 16 (50) | 7 (22) | 3 (9) | |
∗Values expressed as mean ± standard deviation or frequency (%) and [Pearson residual].
†Tukey test results: surgery + radiotherapy versus surgery + medical treatment (p = 0.0040) and surgery + radiotherapy versus surgery + radiotherapy + medical treatment (p = 0.0022).
p value computed using Pearson's chi-square test.