Benign cerebellar astrocytoma in childhood: experience at the Hospital for Sick Children 1980-1992.
Between 1 January 1980, and 31 December 1992, 66 patients with cerebellar astrocytoma were diagnosed and treated at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. These patients ranged in age between 1 and 18 years, with a mean age of 7.3 years. Thirty-eight patients were male and 28 were female. Total removal was possible in 61 patients and no recurrence occurred in these 61 patients. In the 5 patients in whom an incomplete resection was carried out, regrowth occurred between 1 and 8 years following resection.
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Abdollahzadeh
H J
HJ
Hoffman
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Blazer
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Becker
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Humphreys
J M
JM
Drake
J T
JT
Rutka
D000293:Adolescent; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt