Visual Outcomes, Visual Fields, and Optical Coherence Tomography in Paediatric Craniopharyngioma

ABSTRACT

Ten patients with craniopharyngioma treated for the first time when younger than 18 were included. This study reviews the visual outcomes and provides information on visual field (VF) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) examination of craniopharyngioma. The best kappa concordance coefficients between VF and OCT parameters of atrophy were obtained for the ganglion cell (GC) thickness and the mean retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness. The agreement between GC colour maps and VF defects was good. Optic nerve compression may be detected by RNFL measurement and GC analysis, and this may be valuable to predict visual recovery and in uncooperative patients to evaluate visual damage.

• Craniopharyngioma
• ganglion cell colour map
• optical coherence tomography
• optic neuropathy children
• visual field

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The following departments were involved in performance of the study: Department of Ophthalmology, La Paz University Hospital, and Department of Ophthalmology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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