Intracranial calcification in survivors of childhood medulloblastoma.
Computerised tomography scans of the brain have been performed on 5 children who have survived at least 5 years after treatment with surgery and radiotherapy for medulloblastoma. Intracranial calcification of varying degrees of the basal ganglia and of the frontal and parietal cortex was detected in the 3 children who were irradiated under age 5 years.
D000367:Age Factors; D001921:Brain / Q000528:radiation effects; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000528:radiation effects; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed