Skull Base Tumors

Pediatric skull base pathologies and their operative management pose unique challenges for paediatric neurosurgeon.The entities in the di erential diagnosis and the ages at presentation are diverse, and the skull base surgeon is faced w ith a heterogeneous patient population and a dynamic surgical anatomy characteristic of growing patients. Pediatric skull base surgery encompasses a wide variety of surgical approaches, both open and endoscopic.Successful cranial base surgery is based on an in-depth knowledge of the regional and embryologic anatomy of the developing skull base, an understanding of how specific pathologies affect the pediatric skull base, and an appreciation of the limitations and consequences of various surgical techniques in pediatric patients.The clin ical presen tation is in fluen ced by th e age at presen tation and by the nature and site of the lesion.