The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2004 , Vol 46 , Num 1
Pediatric cerebellar cystic oligodendroglioma: case report and literature review

Departments of Neurosurgery, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

Departments of Pathology Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

Abstract

Baysefer A, Düz B, Erdoğan E, Deveci MS. Pediatric cerebellar cystic oligodendroglioma: case report and literature review. Turk J Pediatr 2004; 46: 95-97.

Oligodendrogliomas rarely occur in the posterior fossa of childhood and constitute approximately 1% of pediatric brain tumors. Only six pediatric posterior fossa oligodendroglioma cases have been reported to date and none of them were cystic. The authors present a seven-year-old girl with cystic, cerebellar midline localized tumor. A standard suboccipital craniectomy was performed and the tumor was histologically confirmed as oligodendroglioma. After operation the patient underwent radiation therapy and at one the-year follow-up, no recurrence of the tumor was observed.

Keywords : pediatric oligodendroglioma cyst astrocytoma.
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