Infratentorial Neoplasms - Complications
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Craniopharyngiomas in the posterior fossa: a rare subgroup, diagnosis, management and outcomes.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Craniopharyngiomas with predominant pars in the posterior fossa are very rare and extremely overlooked. The clinical features, diagnosis and management are different from their sellar/suprasellar counterparts. The purpose of this study ... Read more...

The management of hydrocephalus in children with posterior fossa tumours: the role of pre-resectional endoscopic third ventriculostomy.

Jun 2009 AIMS: The purpose of this retrospective case series was to determine the incidence of complications and outcomes associated with a primary management policy of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) prior to posterior fossa tumour resection in a ... Read more...

Evolution of neurological impairment in pediatric infratentorial ependymoma patients.

27 Mar 2009 BACKGROUND: Infratentorial ependymoma is a common central nervous system tumor of childhood and in patients >1 year of age is treated with maximally feasible surgical resection and radiotherapy. Because of this tumor typically arises within the 4th ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Infratentorial Neoplasms - Complications'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Craniopharyngiomas in the posterior fossa: a rare subgroup, diagnosis, management and outcomes. 29 Sep 2009
• The management of hydrocephalus in children with posterior fossa tumours: the role of pre-resectional endoscopic third ventriculostomy. Jun 2009
• Hypoglossal nerve palsy. 30 May 2009
• Evolution of neurological impairment in pediatric infratentorial ependymoma patients. 27 Mar 2009
• Acute v pattern esotropia without abduction deficit, secondary to a posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytoma. 18 Mar 2009
• Injuries to inferior vermis and dentate nuclei predict poor neurological and neuropsychological outcome in children with malignant posterior fossa tumors. 13 Mar 2009
• Klippel-Feil syndrome in association with posterior fossa dermoid tumour. 18 Feb 2009
• Trigeminal neuralgia as initial symptom of paramedian tentorial meningioma. 22 Jan 2009
• Survivors of pediatric posterior fossa tumors: cognitive outcome, intervention, and risk-based care. 16 Nov 2008
• Posterior fossa dermoid: yet another cause of difficult airway? 13 Nov 2008
• Posterior fossa meningiomas presenting with Ménière's-like symptoms: case report. 30 Oct 2008
• Spontaneous re-ossification of a large calvarial defect in an older child. 29 Sep 2008
• Endoscopic third ventriculostomy: the best option in the treatment of persistent hydrocephalus after posterior cranial fossa tumour removal? 22 Sep 2008
• Infected intraparenchymal dermoids: an underestimated entity. 30 Aug 2008
• Posterior fossa lymphoma with initial vertigo presentation. 6 Aug 2008
• Posterior fossa dermoid cyst with sinus tract and meningitis in a toddler. 29 Jun 2008
• Role of the cerebellum in the neurocognitive sequelae of treatment of tumours of the posterior fossa: an update. 30 May 2008
• Hydrocephalus in posterior fossa tumors in children. Are there factors that determine a need for permanent cerebrospinal fluid diversion? 29 May 2008
• Factors contributing to resectability and seizure outcomes in 44 patients with ganglioglioma. 19 May 2008
• Impact of surgical treatment on tremor due to posterior fossa tumors. 30 Mar 2008

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Technical information about 'Infratentorial Neoplasms'

Definition: Intracranial tumors originating in the region of the brain inferior to the tentorium cerebelli, which contains the cerebellum, fourth ventricle, cerebellopontine angle, brain stem, and related structures. Primary tumors of this region are more frequent in children, and may present with ATAXIA; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; vomiting; HEADACHE; HYDROCEPHALUS; or other signs of neurologic dysfunction. Relatively frequent histologic subtypes include TERATOMA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; ASTROCYTOMA; EPENDYMOMA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; and choroid plexus papilloma (PAPILLOMA, CHOROID PLEXUS).

Descriptor UI: D015192

Alternative terms: Infratentorial Neoplasms; Posterior Fossa Tumors; Posterior Fossa Tumor; Tumor, Posterior Fossa; Tumors, Posterior Fossa; Posterior Fossa Neoplasms; Neoplasm, Posterior Fossa; Posterior Fossa Neoplasm; Neoplasms, Posterior Fossa; Neoplasms, Infratentorial; Infratentorial Neoplasm; Neoplasm, Infratentorial; Infratentorial Tumors; Infratentorial Tumor; Tumor, Infratentorial; Tumors, Infratentorial; Infratentorial Cancer; Cancer, Infratentorial; Cancers, Infratentorial; Infratentorial Cancers; Malignant Infratentorial Neoplasms; Infratentorial Neoplasms, Malignant; Infratentorial Neoplasm, Malignant; Malignant Infratentorial Neoplasm; Neoplasm, Malignant Infratentorial; Neoplasms, Malignant Infratentorial; Benign Infratentorial Neoplasms; Benign Infratentorial Neoplasm; Infratentorial Neoplasm, Benign; Neoplasm, Benign Infratentorial; Neoplasms, Benign Infratentorial; Infratentorial Neoplasms, Benign;

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Tree Number: C04.588.614.250.195.411; C10.228.140.211.500; C10.551.240.250.400;

History Note: 1989

Technical Notes: coord IM with histol type of neopl (IM)