The challenges in anesthetic management of pediatric craniopharyngioma

Abstract

Craniopharyngiomas constitute about 2–6% of all the intracranial tumors in the pediatric age group. Management of craniopharyngiomas in children is challenging for not only surgeons and endocrinologists but for anesthesiologists as well, owing to the developing neurological and physiological status, handling of a growing brain, perioperative endocrinological complications, and the management of hydration. We report a case of a 4-year-old child who had presented to our hospital with progressive loss of vision over a period of 2 months.