Table 2.
Characteristics of 26 patients with childhood-onset craniopharyngioma (CP) patients (recruited in KRANIOPHARYNGEOM 2007 between 2007 and 2019) with cerebral infarction (CI) confirmed by central neuroradiological review.
| No. | Sex (f/m) | Age at surgery (yr) | CP-Volume at dgx (cm³) | HI (grade) | Degree of surgical resection | Surgical approach (1,2,3,4) | Intra.-operative vascular lesions | HL (grade) | Interval btw. surgery and CI detection (days) | Cerebral infarction (CI) | Volume of CI (cm³) | Cerebral infarction (CI) | Volume of CI (cm³) | Cerebral infarction (CI) | Volume of CI (cm³) | age at XRT (yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | f | 5.5 | 11.5 | 2 | None | 4 | / | 2 | 0 | AChA ri. | 3.2 | / | / | / | / | 7.0 |
| 2* | m | 2.0 | 13.4 | 1 | Incompl. | 1 ri. | / | 0 | -3 before OP | MCA ri. multifocal | 2.0 | / | / | / | / | / |
| 3 | m | 11.8 | 10.7 | 2 | Compl. | 1 ri. | / | 2 | 2 | ACA le. basal | 13.5 | ACA ri. basal | 14.4 | MCA ri. frontal | 72 | / |
| 4 | m | 15.6 | 1.9 | 2 | Compl. | 1 ri. | / | 2 | 53 | ACA ri. (Heubner) | 3.5 | MCA ri. BG multifocal | 0.7 | MCA ri. temporal | 1.6 | / |
| 5 | f | 8.0 | 187.6 | 2 | Incompl. | 2 | / | 2 | 0 | ACA multifocal ri.+le. | 0.9 | AChA ri. | 0.3 | / | / | 9.8 |
| 6 | m | 2.4 | 33.5 | 2 | Incompl. | 1 ri. | / | 1 | 2 | MCA ri. frontal | 0.6 | / | / | / | / | 2.5 |
| 7 | f | 12.0 | 19.4 | 2 | Compl. | 1 ri. | / | 2 | 18 | ACA ri. (Heubner) | 0.6 | / | / | / | / | |
| 8 | m | 3.6 | 28.4 | 2 | Compl. | 2 | / | 1 | 0 | ACA ri. frontobasal | 11.9 | ACA le. frontobasal | 6.5 | / | / | 5.5 |
| 9 | f | 10.4 | 26.2 | 2 | Incompl. | 1 ri. | Surgical vas-cular lesion | 2 | 7 | AChA ri. | 1.8 | / | / | / | / | / |
| 10 | m | 14.5 | 15.4 | 2 | Incompl. | 1 | / | 2 | 11 | ACA ri. | 1.8 | / | / | / | / | / |
| 11 | m | 3.5 | 74.8 | 1 | Compl. | 1 | / | 1 | 4 | ACA ri. (Heubner) | 0.5 | ACA le. (Heubner) | 0.8 | MCA le. BG | 0.4 | / |
| 12 | m | 9.8 | 28.1 | 2 | Incompl. | 1 ri. | Arterial tumor bleeding | 1 | 0 | ACA ri. | 2.8 | ACA + ACM le.** | / | / | / | 10.7 |
| 13 | f | 8.5 | 3.4 | 1 | Compl. | 1 | / | 1 | 1 | ACA ri. | 3.3 | ACA le. | 1.0 | / | / | / |
| 14 | m | 14.8 | 6.4 | 1 | Incompl. | 1 le. | / | 1 | 1 | ACA ri. basal | 6.3 | ACA le. basal | 1.9 | / | / | / |
| 15 | f | 10.5 | 13.8 | 2 | Incompl. | 1 | / | 2 | 2 | ACA ri. (Heubner) | 9.8 | / | / | / | / | / |
| 16 | m | 6.4 | 36.6 | 2 | Incompl. | 1 ri. | / | 2 | 0 | MCA ri. cortical*** | ACA ri. hochfrontal | 0.03 | / | / | 7.4 | |
| 17 | m | 10.5 | 30.8 | 2 | Incompl. | 1 | Surgical vas-cular lesion | 2 | 1 | ACA li. basal | 2.5 | ACA ri. basal | 0.6 | / | / | 11.5 |
| 18 | m | 9.2 | 13.7 | 1 | Incompl. | 1 ri. | / | 1 | 1 | MCA ri., capsula int. | / | / | / | / | / | |
| 19 | m | 6.0 | 31.9 | 2 | Compl. | 1 ri. | / | 2 | 1 | ACA ri. basal | 10.4 | ACA le. basal | 1.6 | / | / | / |
| 20 | f | 12.5 | 10.7 | 2 | Compl. | 1 ri. | Surgical vas-cular lesion | 2 | 0 | MCA ri. | 1.1 | MCA ri. | 0.5 | / | / | 15.4 |
| 21 | f | 7.2 | 14.1 | 2 | Compl. | 1 | / | 2 | 0 | ACA le. basal | 0.7 | ACA ri. basal | / | / | / | |
| 22 | m | 11.7 | 57.6 | 2 | Incompl. | 1 le. | Surgical vas-cular lesion | 2 | 1 | ACA le. (Heubner) | 6.0 | PCA ri. | 0.3 | / | / | / |
| 23 | m | 12.7 | 0.01 | 2 | Incompl. | 4 | Surgical vas-cular lesion | 2 | 1 | ACA ri. (Heubner) | 3.1 | ACA le. (Heubner) | 4.6 | / | / | / |
| 24 | f | 12.2 | 32.0 | 2 | Incompl. | 3 | Venous bleeding | 1 | 1 | PCA le. | 0.4 | ACP ri. | 0.3 | PCA le. | 1.7 | / |
| 25 | f | 5.4 | 17.9 | 2 | Incompl. | 1 ri. | / | 2 | 4 | MCA ri. **** | ACA ri. (Heubner) | 3.2 | ACA ri. | 0.2 | 6.5 | |
| 26 | f | 5.9 | 94.2 | 2 | Compl. | 1 le. | / | 1 | 1 | ACA ri. (Heubner) | 9.0 | ACA ri. frontobasal # | / | ACA le. basal # | / | 7.7 |
| 27 | m | 7.7 | 107.2 | 2 | Incompl. | 1 ri. | / | 1 | 1 | ACA ri. (Heubner) | 3.7 | / | / | / | / | 7.9 |
| 28 | f | 14.2 | 24.0 | 2 | Incompl. | 3 | surgical vas-cular lesion | 1 | 1 | ACA ri. (Heubner) | 0.06 | / | / | / | / | 15.3 |
ACA, anterior cerebral artery; MCA, middle cerebral artery; PCA, posterior cerebral artery; AChA, anterior choroidal arteryri., right; le., left; m, male; f, female; yr, year; ant., anterior; compl., complete; incompl., incomplete; int., interna; Surgical approach: 1=unilateral, 2=bifrontal, 3=transsphenoidal, 4=endoscopical; BG = Basal ganglia; * patient with CI detected before initial surgery; ** cortical along frontal lobe reaching the insula, precise measurement not possible, <25% ACA and MCA region; *** precise measurement not possible, < 75% of MCA region; **** cortical frontal with temporopolar extension, precise measurement not possible, 25-50% of MCA region; # (linear along the border of resection), precise measurement not possible.