Objective To explore the feasibility of the endoscopic occipital transtentorial transpineal-recess (EOTT-TR) approach for treatment of craniopharyngiomas within the third ventricle. Methods The clinical and imaging data of a 54-year-old female patient with craniopharyngioma was reviewed. The patient was presented with progressive visual impairment and headache for six months. Endocrine evaluation indicated mild impairment of the pituitary-hypothalamic axis function. Imaging revealed a large solid tumor was entirely confined within the third ventricle, maximal diameter of approximately 4.7 cm. The lesion was resected via right EOTT-TR approach, which involved upward retraction of the pineal gland under the 3D endoscopy, and accessing the third ventricle through the pineal recess. Following resection, pathological diagnosis was performed, and postoperative complications were observed. Results Subtotal resection was achieved. Postoperatively, central diabetes insipidus, diplopia and upward gaze dysfunction occurred, but improved after 3 months of follow-up. MRI confirmed subtotal resection of the tumor, and the vision of the patient was improved, and the Karnofsky performance status (KPS) score increased from 80 points to 90 points at 3 months after operation. The pathological diagnosis was papillary craniopharyngioma (WHO grade Ⅰ). Conclusions The EOTT-TR approach provides a unique postero-superior to antero-inferior perspective, allowing full exposure of the third ventricle. It is particularly advantageous for treating craniopharyngiomas originating from the antero-inferior wall of the third ventricle, enabling tumor resection while preserving hypothalamic function without affecting visual acuity or visual fields. Therefore, for craniopharyngiomas strictly confined within the third ventricle, the EOTT-TR approach is a feasible surgical approach.

Cyclodextrin metal-organic framework (CD-MOF) as a highly porous supramolecular carrier could be one of the solutions to the insolubility of isosteviol (STV). The solubility of STV was lower than 20.00 ng/mL at pH 1.0 and pH 4.5, whilst its solubility increased to 20,074.30 ng/mL at pH 6.8 and 129.58 ng/mL in water with a significant pH-dependence. The

OBJECTIVE:To establish a method for simultaneous determination of berberine hydrochloride,icariin,acteoside,isoflavone glucoside,paeoniflorin,mangiferin,salvianolic acid B and puerarin in Pingzang tiaoshen granule.METHODS:HPLC method was adopted.The determination was performed on InertSustain C18 column with mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile-0.05mol/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution (pH to 3,gradient elution) with the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min.The detection wavelength was set at 250 nm (0-23 min,puerarin,mangiferin),230 nm (＞23-30 min,paeoniflorin),220 nm (＞30-50 min,isoflavone glucoside,acteoside),286 nm (＞50-60 min,salvianolic acid B),265 nm (＞60-75 min,berberine hydrochloride),220 nm (＞75-90 min,icariin).The column temperature was set at 30 ℃,and sample size was 10 μL.RESLUTS:The linear range of berberine hydrochloride,icariin,acteoside,isoflavone glucoside,paeoniflorin,mangiferin,salvianolic acid B and puerarin were 4.000-400.0,4.843-484.3,0.498-49.8,2.366-236.6,23.26-2 326.0,3.067-306.7,3.629-362.9 μg/mL,48.23-4 823.2 μg/mL(r≥0.999 4),respectively.The limits of detection were 0.02,0.02,0.02,0.02,0.01,0.02,0.01,0.01 μg/mL;the limits of quantitation were 0.07,0.05,0.06,0.05,0.03,0.07,0.02,0.03 μg/mL,respectively.RSDs of precision,stability (24 h)and repetition tests were a11＜2.0％ (n=6).The average recoveries were 95.77％-103.50％ (RSD=0.77％-2.22％,n=6).CONCLUSIONS:Established method can be used for simultaneous determination of 8 components such as berberine hydrochloride in Pingzang tiaoshen granule.