title: Rare pediatric central neurocytomas.
abstract: Central neurocytoma is extremely rare in pediatrics. In a single institute's record, it represents about 0.2% of brain tumors in children. The treatment of central neurocytoma in children is not different from that for adult patients. Surgical resection is the mainstay of treatment. After complete resection, the long-term prognosis is excellent. Adjuvant radiation therapy or radiosurgery may be applied to residual or recurrent tumors. However, the exact indication for each modality should be refined by accumulation of clinical data for this rare disease in children.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-744, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Phi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: gknife@plaza.snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Dong Gyu
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018306:Neurocytoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Central neurocytoma; Children; Treatment