Treatment Outcome in Children with Astrocytomas

Renal transplantation outcome in children with cystinosis

Background and Objective: Cystinosis is a rare inherited disease that leads to renal failure. Fanconi syndrome is the major renal involvement in cystinosis patients. Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice in cystinosis children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).  The study aimed to assess the outcome of renal transplantation in Iranian children with cystinosis. Methods: This...

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Benign cerebellar pilocytic astrocytomas in children.

AIM Cerebellar astrocytomas are benign tumors of the central nervous system. They represent 10% of all pediatric intracranial brain tumors and 30% of all pediatric posterior fossa tumors especially in the first two decades of life. MATERIAL AND METHODS We reviewed the medical records of patients; age at the time of surgery, pre- and post operative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), localisatio...

Management of Hypothalamic/Chiasmatic Astrocytomas in Children

Cerebellar astrocytomas in children and young adults.

A clinical and pathological review of 43 cases of cerebellar astrocytomas in children and young adults was undertaken. Thirty-one of the 36 surviving patients were examined by computed tomography. Twelve patients with asymptomatic tumour were detected. Histology was necessary to identify the higher risk "diffuse" group, but no histological features helped to identify tumours liable to recur. Im...