Pediatric cerebellar cystic oligodendroglioma: case report and literature review
Baysefer, A.; Düz, Bülent.; Erdoğan, E.; Deveci, M.Salih.
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 46(1): 95-97
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-4301 PMID: 15074384 Document Number: 578768
Oligodendrogliomas rarely occur in the posterior fossa of childhood and constitute approximately 1% of pediatric brain tumors. Only six pediatric posterior fossa oligodendroglioma cases have been reported to date and none of them were cystic. The authors present a seven-year-old girl with cystic, cerebellar midline localized tumor. A standard suboccipital craniectomy was performed and the tumor was histologically confirmed as oligodendroglioma. After operation the patient underwent radiation therapy and at one the-year follow-up, no recurrence of the tumor was observed.