title: Pediatric cerebellar cystic oligodendroglioma: case report and literature review.
abstract: Oligodendrogliomas rarely occur in the posterior fossa of childhood and constitute approximately 1% of pediatric brain tumors. Only six pediatric posterior fossa oligodendroglioma cases have been reported to date and none of them were cystic. The authors present a seven-year-old girl with cystic, cerebellar midline localized tumor. A standard suboccipital craniectomy was performed and the tumor was histologically confirmed as oligodendroglioma. After operation the patient underwent radiation therapy and at one the-year follow-up, no recurrence of the tumor was observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baysefer
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Düz
authors.forename: Ersin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erdoğan
authors.forename: M Salih
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Deveci
mesh_terms: D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery