[The neuro-ophthalmological symptom complex in the clinical picture of craniopharyngiomas (the pre- and postoperative periods)].

The comparative analysis of the neuro-ophthalmological symptomatology of 310 patients (202 children and 108 adult persons) revealed the specific features of a disease with age in relation to the baseline growth, site and primarily extent of a tumor. A monitoring of visual functions was made in the pre- and postoperative periods (early and late). The comparison of the visual function prior to surgery, their dynamics in the postoperative period and the analysis of the anatomic and topographic relationships in the chiasm-sellar region, the specific features of tumor removal revealed the pathogenesis of visual disorders in craniopharyngiomas, including after tumor removal. Risk factors for visual dysfunctions were defined.