Benign cerebellar astrocytoma in childhood: experience at the Hospital for Sick Children 1980-1992

Between 1 January 1980, and 31 December 1992, 66 patients with cerebellar astrocytoma were diagnosed and treated at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. These patients ranged in age between 1 and 18 years, with a mean age of 7.3 years. Thirty-eight patients were male and 28 were female. Total...

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Published in:Child's nervous system 1994-08, Vol.10 (6), p.380-383
Main Authors: MEHDI ABDOLLAHZADEH, HOFFMAN, H. J, BLAZER, S. I, BECKER, L. E, HUMPHREYS, R. P, DRAKE, J. M, RUTKA, J. T
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Astrocytoma - diagnosis
Astrocytoma - pathology
Astrocytoma - surgery
Biological and medical sciences
Cerebellar Neoplasms - diagnosis
Cerebellar Neoplasms - pathology
Cerebellar Neoplasms - surgery
Cerebellum - pathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical sciences
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - diagnosis
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - surgery
Neurologic Examination
Neurology
Retrospective Studies
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
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Summary:Between 1 January 1980, and 31 December 1992, 66 patients with cerebellar astrocytoma were diagnosed and treated at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. These patients ranged in age between 1 and 18 years, with a mean age of 7.3 years. Thirty-eight patients were male and 28 were female. Total removal was possible in 61 patients and no recurrence occurred in these 61 patients. In the 5 patients in whom an incomplete resection was carried out, regrowth occurred between 1 and 8 years following resection.
ISSN:0256-7040
1433-0350
DOI:10.1007/BF00335126