Cerebral oligodendrogliomas in children: an analysis of 15 cases

✍ Scribed by T. Rizk; C. Mottolèse; E. Bouffet; A. Jouyet; J. Guyotat; P. Bret; C. Lapras

• Book ID: 104689210
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 315 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0256-7040
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00261605

✦ Synopsis

The cases of 15 children operated on for cerebral pure oligodendroglioma were studied. Two groups of children were distinguished. Group I children presented with epilepsy (7 cases); their tumor was histologically benign in all cases. These children are all alive after a median follow-up of 72 months: however, 2 of them presented with a local recurrence, which was operated on, and are actually disease-free. Group 2 children presented with intracranial hypertension (8 cases); the tumor was anaplastic in 7 cases. Despite postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy 6 children died; their median survival time was 17 months. The present series shows the existence of a clear correlation between clinical presentation, histological grading and survival in childhood cerebral oligodendrogliomas.