Abstract
The aim of this study was to report on children with cerebellar low-grade glioma (LGG), who were found to have progressive or nonprogresssive residual tumors or tumor recurrence after tumor resection. Medical records and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of children (<16 years) with cerebellar LGG were retrospectively analyzed. Of 289 patients with CNS tumors referred between 1983 and 2003, 28 (9.7%) (15 male, 13 female; median age at diagnosis: 71 months) had cerebellar LGG (pilocytic astrocytoma grade I: n = 21; fibrillary astrocytoma grade II: n = 5; mixed hamartoma/pilocytic astrocytoma: n = 1; radiographic diagnosis: n = 1). Total resection was initially performed in 16 patients (57.1%), near total resection in 4 (14.3%), and partial resection in 6 patients (21.4%). One patient underwent biopsy. At a median follow-up of 112 months, 25 patients (89.3%) were alive, 18 of them being in complete remission. Three patients died, 2 due to symptoms related to brain stem compression/infiltration and 1 patient due to postoperative cerebral edema. Presently 5 patients have nonprogressive residual tumors and 2 patients developed nonprogressive recurrences 10 years and 20 months after initial total resection, respectively. None ...Continue Reading
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