2017, Number 07
Clinical histopathological, tomographic and by magnetic resonance characterization of patients under 15 years with brain tumors
Language: Spanish
References: 13
Page: 797-804
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ABSTRACT
A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 25 patients under 15 years with confirmed diagnosis of intracraneal neoplasm was carried out, who were assisted in the Southern Children Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, from January, 2010 to June, 2013, in order to characterize them according to clinical histopathological and imagenologic criteria. In the series there was a prevalence of 1-5 years age group, male sex, infratentorial localization and medium size neoplasms. From the clinical point of view, the tumors caused convulsions, papilledema and vomits. Through the CT scan, hypodense and hyperintense images were observed in T2 and Flair and through magnetic resonance, hypointense images in T1 were observed in almost all the affected patients. The astrocytoma was the histological prevalent type mainly in the infratentorial localization and in children aged 1-5.REFERENCES
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