Unusual dissemination patterns of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood
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Summary: | CONTEXT: Low-grade astrocytomas are intracerebral lesions of relatively high frequency in the under-18 pediatric population. They often present indolent behaviour, and complete surgical resection is the choice treatment. In cases where the surgery is not possible, chemotherapy and radiotherapy may be used. Medical reports do not recommend examination of the spinal cord at diagnosis or during treatment, since the risk of dissemination of the lesion to the spine is minimal according to medical experience. We describe here four cases of children with low-grade astrocytoma with aggressive dissemination to the neuroaxis. |
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Unusual dissemination patterns of low-grade astrocytomas in childhoodastrocytomaspilocytic astrocytomabrainstem tumorbrain neoplasmschildrenCONTEXT: Low-grade astrocytomas are intracerebral lesions of relatively high frequency in the under-18 pediatric population. They often present indolent behaviour, and complete surgical resection is the choice treatment. In cases where the surgery is not possible, chemotherapy and radiotherapy may be used. Medical reports do not recommend examination of the spinal cord at diagnosis or during treatment, since the risk of dissemination of the lesion to the spine is minimal according to medical experience. We describe here four cases of children with low-grade astrocytoma with aggressive dissemination to the neuroaxis.Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO2008-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2008000100011Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.66 n.1 2008reponame:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online)instname:Academia Brasileira de Neurologiainstacron:ABNEURO10.1590/S0004-282X2008000100011info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRondinelli,Patricia Imperatriz PortoOsório,Carlos Alberto MartinezCohen,Marcela PécoraNovaes,Paulo Eduardo Ribeiro Santoseng2008-03-28T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0004-282X2008000100011Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/anphttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||revista.arquivos@abneuro.org1678-42270004-282Xopendoar:2008-03-28T00:00Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (Online) - Academia Brasileira de Neurologiafalse |
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Unusual dissemination patterns of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood |
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Unusual dissemination patterns of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood |
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Unusual dissemination patterns of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood Rondinelli,Patricia Imperatriz Porto astrocytomas pilocytic astrocytoma brainstem tumor brain neoplasms children |
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Unusual dissemination patterns of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood |
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Unusual dissemination patterns of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood |
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Unusual dissemination patterns of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood |
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Unusual dissemination patterns of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood |
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Unusual dissemination patterns of low-grade astrocytomas in childhood |
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Rondinelli,Patricia Imperatriz Porto |
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Rondinelli,Patricia Imperatriz Porto Osório,Carlos Alberto Martinez Cohen,Marcela Pécora Novaes,Paulo Eduardo Ribeiro Santos |
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author |
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Osório,Carlos Alberto Martinez Cohen,Marcela Pécora Novaes,Paulo Eduardo Ribeiro Santos |
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Rondinelli,Patricia Imperatriz Porto Osório,Carlos Alberto Martinez Cohen,Marcela Pécora Novaes,Paulo Eduardo Ribeiro Santos |
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astrocytomas pilocytic astrocytoma brainstem tumor brain neoplasms children |
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astrocytomas pilocytic astrocytoma brainstem tumor brain neoplasms children |
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CONTEXT: Low-grade astrocytomas are intracerebral lesions of relatively high frequency in the under-18 pediatric population. They often present indolent behaviour, and complete surgical resection is the choice treatment. In cases where the surgery is not possible, chemotherapy and radiotherapy may be used. Medical reports do not recommend examination of the spinal cord at diagnosis or during treatment, since the risk of dissemination of the lesion to the spine is minimal according to medical experience. We describe here four cases of children with low-grade astrocytoma with aggressive dissemination to the neuroaxis. |
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