Disease relevance of Infratentorial Neoplasms

• PROCEDURE: We treated 25 children with nondisseminated medulloblastoma with complete or near complete surgical resection of the posterior fossa tumor, 3,600 cGy craniospinal irradiation (CSRT) and 5,400 cGy posterior fossa irradiation followed by adjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatin and vincristine [1].
• In contrast, all the infratentorial tumors were p53 negative except for one brainstem glioblastoma [2].
• This test is indicated in the evaluation of disorders which may potentially involve the brainstem such as coma, multiple sclerosis, posterior fossa tumors and others [3].
• We have used XenonCT CBF method to study 78 patients with posterior fossa tumors or cerebrovascular disorders [4].

High impact information on Infratentorial Neoplasms

• Thirty-four patients had posterior fossa tumors, 22 patients had cerebral hemisphere tumors, and nine patients had midline tumors [5].
• METHODS: Between October 1, 1993, and December 31, 1997, a total of 206 consecutive children with posterior fossa tumors underwent surgery at Hĵpital Necker-Enfants Malades in Paris. Excluded were 10 patients in whom shunts had been placed at the referring hospital [6].
• The combination of the clinical findings and the temporal relationship of their appearance suggest a causal association between the posterior fossa tumors and cervical dystonia in three cases [7].
• Lymphocyte responses to PPD were normal in patients with hemispheric or posterior fossa tumors [8].
• The most active agents identified to date in the treatment of recurrent posterior fossa tumors include cisplatinum, cyclophosphamide and methotrexate [9].

Chemical compound and disease context of Infratentorial Neoplasms

• Direct coronal computed tomography for presurgical evaluation of posterior fossa tumors [10].
• Preliminary experiences with the use of three lasers (CO2, Nd: YAG, Argon) in some posterior fossa tumors in childhood [11].
• The authors present 5 cases of posterior fossa tumors in childhood operated on using three laser sources: CO2, Nd: YAG and Argon [11].
• It is important to be aware that cervical subluxation can occur after resection of posterior fossa tumors, when laminectomy extending below C1 has been performed [12].
• Under the impression of a posterior fossa tumor, a suboccipital craniectomy with a C1 and C2 laminectomy was performed [13].

Gene context of Infratentorial Neoplasms

• Analysis of CSF shunting procedure requirement in children with posterior fossa tumors [14].

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