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Cerebellar gliomas (CGs) in children are generally associated with a favorable outcome; however, data regarding these tumors in very young children are scarce. We report on our experience with CGs in children less than 3 years old at surgery, compared with a second group older than 3 years. From 1991 to 1996, we operated on 7 children with CGs in the first group and 43 in the second. Psychomotor delay and regression were the first symptoms in 3 cases, and 3 had macrocrania. The tumor was totally removed in all cases. One child died intraoperatively of air embolism and subdural bleeding. Three had malignant tumors (grade 3 or 4). There was no operative mortality or malignancy in the second group of patients. With a mean follow-up of 33 months, all survivors in the first group are disease-free, with no or minimal symptoms, and attend normal schools. The clinical, surgical, and pathological features suggest that children under 3 years of age represent a specific subgroup of CGs.
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Received: 14 March 2000
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Vinchon, M., Ruchoux, MM., Soto-Ares, G. et al. Cerebellar gliomas in infants: specificity, pathology, and outcome. Child's Nerv Syst 17, 31–36 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810000356
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810000356