Benign Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytomas in Children

BİLGİNER B., Narin F., Oguz K. K., UZUN Ş., Soylemezoglu F., AKALAN N.

TURKISH NEUROSURGERY, vol.21, no.1, pp.22-26, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Journal Name: TURKISH NEUROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.22-26
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

AIM: Cerebellar astrocytomas are benign tumors of the central nervous system. They represent 10% of all pediatric intracranial brain tumors and 30% of all pediatric posterior fossa tumors especially in the first two decades of life.