[Clinical manifestation of neoplasm cerebri in children hospitalized in pediatric neurology department].
BACKGROUND
Brain tumors are the second most common malignancy of childhood, following leukemia. Cause factor of some brain tumors is suggested by genetic predisposition.


OBJECTIVE
It was a correlation between early symptoms of the brain tumor and its histology, localization and MR imaging.


METHODS
13 children, aged 3 to 16 years, took part in this study. MR imaging was performed in all of them. 6 children were operated with histological examination of tumor tissue.


RESULTS
The most common first clinical symptom of tumors were epileptic seizure in 6 children and headache in 7. The most frequent tumor was supratentorial glioma.


CONCLUSIONS
In pediatric neurology department were hospitalized older children with brain tumors. In most of them headache and epileptic seizures occured.
Zajac
Anna
A
Kilnika Neurologii Dzieciecej, Uniwersytet Jagielloński Colleajum Medicum, Kraków. anakurazajac@o2.pl
Gergont
Aleksandra
A
Kroczka
Sławomir
S
Wesołowska
Ewa
E
D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology