Palmisciano, PaoloYoung, KurtisOgasawara, MayaYousefi, OmidOgasawara, ChristianFerini, GianlucaBin-Alamer, OthmanSharma, MayurUmana, Giuseppe E.Yu, KennyCohen-Gadol, Aaron A.El Ahmadieh, Tarek Y.Haider, Ali S.2024-05-302024-05-302022Palmisciano P, Young K, Ogasawara M, et al. Craniopharyngiomas Invading the Ventricular System: A Systematic Review. Anticancer Res. 2022;42(9):4189-4197. doi:10.21873/anticanres.15919https://hdl.handle.net/1805/41121Background/aim: Craniopharyngiomas involving the ventricular system are rare but pose significant surgical challenges. We systematically reviewed the literature on craniopharyngiomas invading the ventricles (CP-V). Materials and methods: PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane were searched to include studies reporting clinical data of patients with CP-Vs. Clinico-radiological features, management, and treatment outcomes were analyzed. Results: We included 73 studies encompassing 407 patients. Patients were mostly male (61.5%), presenting with headache (57.9%) and/or endocrine disorders (52.1%). CP-Vs mostly involved the third ventricle (96.3%), followed by the lateral ventricles (2.9%), and the fourth ventricle (1%). Tumors had cystic components in 59% of cases and were mostly adamantinomatous (70.8%). Open resection was performed in 232 cases (57%), mostly with trans-lamina terminalis (36.6%) and trans-callosal (31.9%) approaches. Endoscopic resection was performed in 169 cases (41.5%), mostly with trans-sphenoidal (74.6%) and transventricular (24.9%) approaches. Gross-total tumor resection was obtained in most cases (62.9%). Adjuvant radiotherapy was delivered in 22.8% cases. A total of 178 patients experienced persistent complications, mostly including diabetes insipidus (47.1%) and panhypopituitarism (12.7%), not significantly different after open versus endoscopic resection (p=0.117). Symptom improvement was obtained in 88% of cases. CP-Vs recurrences were reported in 94 patients (23.1%), with median progression-free survival of 13.5 months (range=0.5-252.0 months). Fifty-nine patients died (14.5%), with median overall survival of 32.0 months (range=0.5-252.0 months), significantly longer after endoscopic resection than open resection (p=0.019). Conclusion: CP-Vs are uncommon and challenging entities. Surgical resection is feasible, but patient-tailored selection of open/endoscopic approaches is necessary to achieve optimal outcomes and minimize complication risks.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalCerebral ventriclesCraniopharyngiomaIntraventricular tumorNeuro-oncologySkull baseSystematic reviewArticle