Verbal Memory Abilities of Children With Brain Tumors
| Autor: | Bruce Crosson, Stephen R. Boggs, Eileen B. Fennell, James Algina, Lorna Sohn Williams, Tricia Z. King, Christiana M. Leonard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Intelligence Neuropsychological Tests Cerebellar tumors Vocabulary Seizures Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Attention Child Memory Disorders Chemotherapy Third ventricle Recall Brain Neoplasms Neuropsychology Recognition Psychology medicine.disease Combined Modality Therapy Magnetic Resonance Imaging Hydrocephalus Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology medicine.anatomical_structure nervous system Mental Recall Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Verbal iq Female Radiology Verbal memory Psychology Neuroscience |
| Zdroj: | Child Neuropsychology. 10:76-88 |
| ISSN: | 1744-4136 0929-7049 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09297040490911096 |
| Popis: | Several critical neuroanatomical structures and pathways for memory performance are located in the third ventricle region. This led us to predict that verbal memory abilities would be more impaired in children treated for third ventricle tumors compared to those treated for cerebellar tumors. Archival data was obtained from 24 pediatric patients with third ventricle region tumors and 18 pediatric patients with cerebellar tumors. Neuroradiological verifications of tumor involvement and hydrocephalus severity (i.e., Evans Index) on preoperative scans and MRIs proximal to the time of the neuropsychological evaluation were conducted. The potential confounds of hydrocephalus severity, seizure medication, age, radiation treatment, and chemotherapy were addressed. Verbal IQ was comparable between tumor groups and in the Average range. The third ventricle region group performed significantly worse on list learning and delayed list recall compared to the cerebellar group. Their mean performance was in the clinically impaired range on both trials. The third ventricle region tumor group performed better than the cerebellar tumor group on Digit Span, a basic repetition, attention span task. These findings support the hypothesis that pediatric patients with third ventricle region brain tumors are more likely to be impaired on verbal recall tasks compared to pediatric patients with cerebellar brain tumors. In contrast, patients who were treated for cerebellar tumors were more impaired on the basic repetition, attention span task compared to patients who were treated for third ventricle tumors. Future studies should examine the specific neuroanatomical structures and pathways that are damaged and may influence differential cognitive impairments in children. |
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