Unusual dissemination patterns of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood
| Autor: | Marcela Pécora Cohen, Carlos Alberto Martinez Osório, Patricia Imperatriz Porto Rondinelli, Paulo Eduardo Ribeiro Santos Novaes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Low grade astrocytomas medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Context (language use) Astrocytoma Lesion Fatal Outcome children medicine Meningeal Neoplasms Humans pilocytic astrocytoma Child Neoplasm Staging Chemotherapy brain neoplasms Pilocytic astrocytoma astrocytomas business.industry Brain Neoplasms brainstem tumor medicine.disease Spinal cord Magnetic Resonance Imaging Radiation therapy medicine.anatomical_structure Neurology Child Preschool Neurology (clinical) Radiology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.66 n.1 2008 Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Academia Brasileira de Neurologia instacron:ABNEURO |
| ISSN: | 0004-282X |
| Popis: | CONTEXT: Low-grade astrocytomas are intracerebral lesions of relatively high frequency in the under-18 pediatric population. They often present indolent behaviour, and complete surgical resection is the choice treatment. In cases where the surgery is not possible, chemotherapy and radiotherapy may be used. Medical reports do not recommend examination of the spinal cord at diagnosis or during treatment, since the risk of dissemination of the lesion to the spine is minimal according to medical experience. We describe here four cases of children with low-grade astrocytoma with aggressive dissemination to the neuroaxis. |
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