PMID: 11321174Apr 26, 2001Paper

Posterior fossa tumours in childhood: evaluation of presenting clinical features

Irish Medical Journal
D F O'BrienD A Allcutt

Abstract

A retrospective review was performed of the age profile and clinical features at presentation of 79 children with posterior fossa tumours. The mean age at presentation in this series (6.6 years) is consistent with a decreasing trend over the past 70 years. Headaches, ataxia and torticollis emerge as significant symptoms worthy of further investigation whilst abdominal pain and constipation might herald the presence of a posterior fossa tumour on rare occasions.

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