Brown I H, Lee T J, Eden O B, Bullimore J A, Savage D C
Arch Dis Child. 1983 Sep;58(9):722-7. doi: 10.1136/adc.58.9.722.
Children with medulloblastoma in Bristol are treated surgically and with craniospinal irradiation, and in some cases chemotherapy. Thirteen medium or long term survivors were investigated to determine their growth and endocrine function. Their rate of growth was considerably reduced through the first year of their illness and after spinal irradiation spinal growth was poor. Nine children developed growth hormone deficiency. They were clinically euthyroid but 7 had raised basal thyroid stimulating hormone values. Gonadal function was abnormal in all but the youngest child. The rate of survival is increasing in children with medulloblastoma but this is associated with appreciable endocrine abnormalities. Some of these problems are present shortly after treatment ends but others may develop later and long term surveillance is therefore essential.
布里斯托尔的髓母细胞瘤患儿接受手术、颅脊柱照射治疗,部分患儿还接受化疗。对13名中长期幸存者进行了调查,以确定他们的生长和内分泌功能。在患病的第一年,他们的生长速度大幅下降,脊柱照射后脊柱生长不良。9名儿童出现生长激素缺乏。他们临床甲状腺功能正常,但7名儿童基础促甲状腺激素值升高。除最年幼的儿童外,所有儿童的性腺功能均异常。髓母细胞瘤患儿的生存率在上升,但这与明显的内分泌异常有关。其中一些问题在治疗结束后不久就会出现,但其他问题可能会在以后出现,因此长期监测至关重要。