Cerebellar astrocytomas in childhood. Experience with 25 cases

The experience with the surgical treatment of cerebellar astrocytomas in 25 children is reported. The clinical presentation, incidence, CT-scan diagnostic studies, pathology, recurrence and treatment aspects are discussed. The series included children until 10 years old with peak (7 cases) in the 7t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 1997-03, Vol.55 (1), p.82
Hauptverfasser:	Cabral, N D, Ciquini Júnior, O, Matushita, H, Neves, V D, Plese, J P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	por
Schlagworte:	Astrocytoma - diagnosis Astrocytoma - epidemiology Astrocytoma - surgery Cerebellar Neoplasms - diagnosis Cerebellar Neoplasms - epidemiology Cerebellar Neoplasms - surgery Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Male
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Zusammenfassung:	The experience with the surgical treatment of cerebellar astrocytomas in 25 children is reported. The clinical presentation, incidence, CT-scan diagnostic studies, pathology, recurrence and treatment aspects are discussed. The series included children until 10 years old with peak (7 cases) in the 7th year of age. The more frequent opening symptoms were: headache, vomit and gait disturbances. No surgical mortality occurred in the series. The authors conclude that surgical radical resection is the best therapeutics for this type of tumor and that radiotherapy is indicated only for tumors with malignant histology.
ISSN:	0004-282X