title: Malignant recurrence of childhood cerebellar astrocytoma: case report.
abstract: A 15-year-old boy developed a glioblastoma in a cerebellar hemisphere 7 years after surgical excision and local irradiation of a pilocytic astrocytoma in the cerebellar vermis. Clinical and histopathological details are presented, and the literature on late malignant recurrence of childhood cerebellar astrocytoma is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ushio
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimine
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mogami
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed