Surgery removed a rare tumor deep inside one woman's brain
Original title: Microsurgical resection of a pure third ventricular craniopharyngioma through an interhemispheric transcallosal transforaminal approach.
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This was tested in people. That is the most reliable kind of research we share.
This is a report on one patient, not a study that tested a treatment.
The short version
Surgeons took out a rare brain tumor in one patient, and she was clear of it four years later.
What was studied. Doctors report on one patient. A 34-year-old woman had a tumor sitting in the third ventricle, a fluid space deep in the brain, and it measured 3.0 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm.
What they found. Surgeons reached the tumor from the top of the brain and removed all of it. They also protected the stalk of the pituitary gland. A scan 27 months later showed the tumor had come back, so she had radiation, and scans at 48 months showed no tumor.
What this means, and what it doesn't
What it could mean: For this rare kind of tumor, surgery through the skull can take out the whole growth. Follow-up scans still matter, because it can come back. Radiation may help if that happens.
What it doesn't mean: This is one person's story, not a study that compared treatments. It does not show how well this surgery works for other people. It is not a cure and not a promise. The report also says care today often combines surgery, radiation, and targeted drugs. Ask your own care team what fits your case.
Source: PubMed, September 25, 2026 · Read the original
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