Grajeda CF, Grajeda GFM, Urista VMC

Language: Spanish
References: 3
Page: 111-114
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ABSTRACT

We apply the term gliomatosis cerebelli to the primary tumor of the central nervous system which origins from the cerebellum with a diffuse neoplastic spread of astrocytes and secondary dissemination to the brainstem, cerebrum and spinal cord. We present a pediatric case report treated in our Institution, Hospital de Pediatria, Unidad de Medicina de Alta Especialidad, Centro Medico Nacional de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

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