title: Brain tumors in the first two years of life: a review of forty cases.
abstract: From 1962 to 1989, 40 infants with brain tumors and less than 2 years old were treated at the Department of Neurology of the Clinical Hospital of the University of São Paulo Medical School. The clinical and neuropathological findings were reviewed as to histological diagnosis, age, sex, signs and symptoms, therapy and outcome. Medulloblastoma was the most common histological type (n = 11), followed by ependymoma (n = 9), choroid plexus tumor (n = 6), astrocytoma (n = 3) and primitive neuroectodermal tumor (n = 2). The tumor was infratentorial in 21 infants, supratentorial in 18 and disseminated in 1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil.
authors.forename: U C
authors.initials: UC
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rosemberg
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gherpelli
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matushita
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Diament
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D015173:Supratentorial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome