2018, Number 3
Medulloblastoma behavior.
Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 45-50
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ABSTRACT
Objective: to determine the behavior of Medulloblastoma in the Pediatric Teaching Hospital “Juan Manuel Márquez” in the period from 2011 to 2017.Method: a descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study related to the diagnosis of Medulloblastoma carried out at the “Juan Manuel Márquez” Pediatric Teaching Hospital was carried out in the period from 2011 to 2017, taking into account the behavior of the variables: frequency of occurrence in relation to the rest of the malignant tumors of the central nervous system, gender, age, location, and histological pattern. Data were obtained from the medical records and biopsies of patients with final histological diagnosis of Medulloblastoma.
Results: Medulloblastoma was the second malignant tumor of the central nervous system diagnosed in the period studied, preceded by the different variants of Astrocytoma. The most affected age group was between 1 and 5 years, the male gender prevailed, the location of the midline of the cerebellar vermis and the classical histological pattern.
Conclusions: Medulloblastoma was the second malignant tumor of the central nervous system diagnosed in the Department of Pathological Anatomy of the “Juan Manuel Márquez” Pediatric Teaching Hospital, its behavior regarding sex, the most affected age group, location and histological pattern, coincided with what was stated in the literature reviewed.
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