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

M Abdollahzadeh; H J Hoffman; S I Blazer; L E Becker; R P Humphreys; J M Drake; J T Rutka

doi:10.1007/BF00335126

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

Childs Nerv Syst. 1994 Aug;10(6):380-3. doi: 10.1007/BF00335126.

Authors

M Abdollahzadeh¹, H J Hoffman, S I Blazer, L E Becker, R P Humphreys, J M Drake, J T Rutka

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 7842424
DOI: 10.1007/BF00335126

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Astrocytoma / diagnosis
Astrocytoma / pathology
Astrocytoma / surgery*
Cerebellar Neoplasms / diagnosis
Cerebellar Neoplasms / pathology
Cerebellar Neoplasms / surgery*
Cerebellum / pathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / diagnosis
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
Neurologic Examination
Retrospective Studies
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt