Translamina terminalis route via pterional approach to resect retrochiasmatic craniopharyngioma ...

Alexander G. Weil, MD, FRCSC, Thomas Robert, MD, Sultan Alsaiari, MD, Sami Obaid, MD, and Michel W. Bojanowski, MD FRCSC Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Notre Dame Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada Retrochiasmatic craniopharyngiomas involving the anterior third ventricle are challenging to access. Although the pterional approach is a common route for suprasellar lesions, when the craniopharyngioma extends behind the chiasma into the third ventricle, access is even more difficult, and the lam