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Abstract
The perioperative course and outcome of 17 children who underwent surgical resection of an intra-axial cervicomedullary tumor between 1980-1992 are reported from the Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, and New York University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Highlights
The perioperative course and outcome of 17 children who underwent surgical resection of an intra-axial cervicomedullary tumor between 19801992 are reported from the Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, and New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
Symptoms were present for a mean of 2.1 years before diagnosis
Cervicomedullary tumors are a distinct sub-group of brainstem tumors with a slowly progressive course and low-grade malignancy
Summary
The perioperative course and outcome of 17 children who underwent surgical resection of an intra-axial cervicomedullary tumor between 19801992 are reported from the Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, and New York University Medical Center, New York, NY. One group of 11 with no treatment before surgery was compared to 6 who had signs of progression following previous radiotherapy. Surgical resection was total in 2 and partial in 15. Lowgrade glial tumors were found in 15 and anaplastic gangliogliomas in 2.
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