Infantile cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma with autism spectrum disorder.
The etiology of autism remains unclear, but relationships to cerebellar factors have been reported. We report 2 cases of infantile cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma in children with autism spectrum disorder. Cerebellar tumors may be related to the pathogenesis of autism.
Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. adachi@nms.ac.jp
Koji
K
Adachi
Yasuo
Y
Murai
Akira
A
Teramoto
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed