Imaging of Primary Posterior Fossa Brain Tumors in Children
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Brain tumors represent the most common solid neoplasm in children and second most common pediatric malignancy overall, following leukemia. Outside of infancy, the majority of primary childhood brain tumors occur in the infratentorial compartment and include medulloblastoma, juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma (JPA), ependymoma, and brainstem/ pontine glioma; atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT) is an additional rare but important primary brain tumor of early childhood.
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Posterior Fossa Tumor in Children
Corresponding Author: Seddighi A. MD Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Functional Neurosurgery Research Center of ShohadaTajrishHospital Tehran, Iran. Tel: +982188265188 Cell Phone: +98 9121852917 Email: [email protected] Abstract Objective Primary brain tumors are the most common solid neoplasms of childhood, representing 20% of all pediatric tumors. The best current estimates place the inciden...
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