Abstract
Leptomeningeal dissemination of childhood pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) is a rare event with little information available regarding therapy. We report here four children with disseminated PA whom we treated with high doses of cyclophosphamide with clinical benefit. The patients were aged 2.5 to 8 years. Three patients presented with PA localized in the posterior fossa, initially treated with surgical resection (n = 3) and radiotherapy (n = 1). Leptomeningeal dissemination occurred at 32, 44, and 8 months from diagnosis, respectively. The fourth patient presented with an optic pathway tumor with leptomeningeal dissemination at diagnosis. At commencement of cyclophosphamide therapy, disease was present in the subarachnoid space (intracranial, n = 2; spinal, n = 4), cerebral ventricles (n = 2), and primary site (n = 3). Histology was identical at diagnosis and recurrence in the two biopsied cases and cerebrospinal fluid was negative in all cases. Treatment was with cyclophosphamide 4-5 g/m2/cycle given every 4 weeks for a total of two cycles (n = 1) and four cycles (n = 3). One patient achieved disease stabilization (duration 27 months at the time of publication) and three patients experienced significant reductions in tumor burden. ...Continue Reading
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