Volume : VI, Issue : XII, December - 2016

Infratentorial pediatric brain tumors: An institutional experience

Sudha Iyengar, Arti Sharma, Rajesh Gaur

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<p><p><p> OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of infratentorial tumors and their age and gender– wise distribution of the lesions. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective review of pediatric primary infratentorial ain tumors, encountered over 3 years (January 2013 to December 2015). RESULTS: Study includes 32 pediatric infratentorial tumors. Male to female ratio were 1.9:1. The cases were divided into 5 age groups each covering three years of life (0–2, 3–5, 6–8,9–11 and 12–14 years). Most of the patients were in age group 3 (40.6%)and the least number of patients were found in age group 1 (6.25%) and 4 (12.5%). The 32 tumors were categorized based on histology and morphological basis. The most frequent tumor was medulloblastoma (56%) followed by ependymoma (18%). CONCLUSION: Demographic and histopathological profile of cohort in the present study do not differ substantially from that found in other hospital–based and population–based studies except for slight higher frequency of ependymoma.</p></p></p>

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Sudha iyengar, Arti Sharma, Rajesh gaur, Infratentorial pediatric brain tumors: An institutional experience, Indian Journal of Applied Research,Volume : 6 | Issue : 12 | December 2016

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