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Vinchon M, Ruchoux MM, Soto-Ares G, et al. Cerebellar gliomas in infants: specificity, pathology, and outcome. Childs Nerv Syst. 2001;17(1):31-6doi: 10.1007/s003810000356.
Vinchon, M., Ruchoux, M. M., Soto-Ares, G., Nicolas, R., & Dhellemmes, P. (2001). Cerebellar gliomas in infants: specificity, pathology, and outcome. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 17(1), 31-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810000356
Vinchon, M, et al. "Cerebellar gliomas in infants: specificity, pathology, and outcome." Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery vol. 17,1 (2001): 31-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810000356
Vinchon M, Ruchoux MM, Soto-Ares G, Nicolas R, Dhellemmes P. Cerebellar gliomas in infants: specificity, pathology, and outcome. Childs Nerv Syst. 2001 Jan;17(1):31-6. doi: 10.1007/s003810000356. PMID: 11219620.
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Childs Nerv Syst. 2001 Jan;17(1):31-6. doi: 10.1007/s003810000356.

Cerebellar gliomas in infants: specificity, pathology, and outcome.

Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery

M Vinchon, M M Ruchoux, G Soto-Ares, R Nicolas, P Dhellemmes

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  1. Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, CHRU de Lille, France. [email protected]

PMID: 11219620 DOI: 10.1007/s003810000356

Abstract

Cerebellar gliomas (CGs) in children are generally associated with a favorable outcome; however, data regarding these tumors in very young children are scarce. We report on our experience with CGs in children less than 3 years old at surgery, compared with a second group older than 3 years. From 1991 to 1996, we operated on 7 children with CGs in the first group and 43 in the second. Psychomotor delay and regression were the first symptoms in 3 cases, and 3 had macrocrania. The tumor was totally removed in all cases. One child died intraoperatively of air embolism and subdural bleeding. Three had malignant tumors (grade 3 or 4). There was no operative mortality or malignancy in the second group of patients. With a mean follow-up of 33 months, all survivors in the first group are disease-free, with no or minimal symptoms, and attend normal schools. The clinical, surgical, and pathological features suggest that children under 3 years of age represent a specific subgroup of CGs.

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