Hydrocephalus as a possible additional contributor to cognitive outcome in survivors of pediatric medulloblastoma
| Autor: | Victoria W. Willard, Kristina K. Hardy, Melanie J. Bonner, Melody A. Watral, Sridharan Gururangan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Writing Intelligence Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Neuropsychological Tests Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Nonverbal communication Borderline intellectual functioning Risk Factors medicine Humans Survivors Cerebellar Neoplasms Child Psychiatry Retrospective Studies Medulloblastoma Learning Disabilities Wechsler Scales Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Retrospective cohort study Cognition Achievement medicine.disease Combined Modality Therapy humanities Hydrocephalus Psychiatry and Mental health Oncology Mental Recall Female Cognition Disorders Psychology Neurocognitive Mathematics Psychomotor Performance Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psycho-Oncology. 17:1157-1161 |
| ISSN: | 1099-1611 1057-9249 |
| Popis: | Objectives: The purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between shunted hydrocephalus and intellectual, memory and academic functioning in a group of survivors of pediatric medulloblastoma. Methods: Data from measures of cognitive, memory, academic and visual–motor functioning were gathered retrospectively from 35 survivors. Of these survivors, 10 (28.6%) required ventriculoperitoneal-shunt placement for hydrocephalus posttumor resection. Results: Results revealed that participants with shunted hydrocephalus demonstrated significantly lower IQs, lower nonverbal intellectual functioning, lower academic skills in writing and math, and impairments in visual–motor abilities when compared with those without shunt. Conclusions: These results highlight the need to explore other variables—in addition to radiation and chemotherapy—as risk factors for neurocognitive impairments in survivors. Furthermore, identification of physiological substrates underlying these deficits is needed. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley Sons, Ltd. |
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