Zajac Anna, Gergont Aleksandra, Kroczka Sławomir, Wesołowska Ewa
Kilnika Neurologii Dzieciecej, Uniwersytet Jagielloński Colleajum Medicum, Kraków.
Przegl Lek. 2008;65(11):813-8.
Brain tumors are the second most common malignancy of childhood, following leukemia. Cause factor of some brain tumors is suggested by genetic predisposition.
It was a correlation between early symptoms of the brain tumor and its histology, localization and MR imaging.
13 children, aged 3 to 16 years, took part in this study. MR imaging was performed in all of them. 6 children were operated with histological examination of tumor tissue.
The most common first clinical symptom of tumors were epileptic seizure in 6 children and headache in 7. The most frequent tumor was supratentorial glioma.
In pediatric neurology department were hospitalized older children with brain tumors. In most of them headache and epileptic seizures occured.
脑肿瘤是儿童期第二常见的恶性肿瘤,仅次于白血病。一些脑肿瘤的病因被认为与遗传易感性有关。
研究脑肿瘤的早期症状与其组织学、定位及磁共振成像之间的相关性。
13名年龄在3至16岁的儿童参与了本研究。所有儿童均接受了磁共振成像检查。6名儿童接受了手术,并对肿瘤组织进行了组织学检查。
肿瘤最常见的首发临床症状是6名儿童出现癫痫发作,7名儿童出现头痛。最常见的肿瘤是幕上胶质瘤。
在儿科神经科住院的脑肿瘤患儿年龄较大。大多数患儿出现头痛和癫痫发作。