title: [Brain-stem tumors in children].
abstract: We report a large series of brain-stem tumors seen during 18 years of at our hospital. We diagnosed and treated a total of 42 patients between 1988 and 2006; 36 of them were operated with partial resection in most cases. Brain-stem tumors constitute a rare condition with very bad prognosis. A surgical complete resection of the mass is not possible in most cases, so the principal surgical objective is reduction and decompression. The best prognosis is seen in patients with low grade tumors with minimal neurologic deficit. Most of these tumors cause death in a short period, usually one year or less.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Neurocirugía, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Villarejo
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Belinchón
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Madero
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rivero
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cordobés
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez-Díaz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Prada
mesh_terms: D020295:Brain Stem Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D011379:Prognosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome