... resection is the standard and the most important treatment for ependymoma. The role of radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy following a gross total resection of supratentorial ependymoma has been uncertain. We report 2 cases of pediatric supratentorial ependymomas treated by gross total resection without...

... computed tomography Radiation Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common after blunt head trauma. Each year at least 1.7 million people sustain TBI in the USA. TBI results in more than 500,000 pediatric emergency room visits each year [ 1 ]. Head computed tomography (HCT) is the gold standard...

...Paul A. Grabb; David R. Kelly; Benjamin B. Fulmer; Cheryl Palmer We report a case of a radiation-induced spinal cord glioma. A 20-year-old girl presented with neck pain and new significant neurological deficits 17 years after resection of a posterior fossa medullomyoblastoma and subsequent...

... of these will have survived a central nervous system malignancy. As more children survive, complications of treatment are increasingly recognized. This paper reviews the spectrum of radiation-induced complications, both short- and long-term. Their frequency and characteristics will be reviewed as well as suggestions...

...Bruce B. Storrs; Sharon E. Byrd Measurements of radiation exposure during routine CT scanning were found to average 4.2 R at the level of the ocular lens. This data was combined with CT scanning rate data from a sample of 100 patients followed in the myelomeningocele clinic. The number of scans...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Arteriovenous malformation Radiation Radiosurgery Original Papers Pediatr Neurosci 1989;15:53-61 ©1989 S. Karger AG. Basel 0255-7975/89/0152-0053 S 2.75/0 Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Intracranial...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Midbrain Pilocytic astrocytoma Radiation Brain stem Glioma Treatment of tumors in the brain stem continues to be a challenging and controversial task [ 1, 2...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Spinal seeding Pilocytic astrocytoma Radiation Pilocytic astrocytomas (PAs) comprise about 30% of all primary childhood brain tumors and are clearly known to be benign, circumscribed grade 1...

... retardation, pigmented retinopathy, obesity, hexadactyly, amenorrhea and renal cysts. She developed dizziness, headache and consequent consciousness disturbance. Magnetic resonance images disclosed marked swelling of the pons without contrast enhancement. By means of combined chemotherapy and radiation, she...

...Cormac O. Maher; Corey Raffel A child with severe radiation vasculopathy 15 months following radiation therapy for medulloblastoma is reported. The patient underwent surgical resection of a posterior fossa medulloblastoma, followed by chemotherapy and radiation therapy. He was treated with 55 Gy...