Background: Brain tumors are the second most common malignancy of childhood, following leukemia. Cause factor of some brain tumors is suggested by genetic predisposition.
Aim of the study: It was a correlation between early symptoms of the brain tumor and its histology, localization and MR imaging.
Material and methods: 13 children, aged 3 to 16 years, took part in this study. MR imaging was performed in all of them. 6 children were operated with histological examination of tumor tissue.
Results: The most common first clinical symptom of tumors were epileptic seizure in 6 children and headache in 7. The most frequent tumor was supratentorial glioma.
Conclusions: In pediatric neurology department were hospitalized older children with brain tumors. In most of them headache and epileptic seizures occured.