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Management of Pediatric Pontine Gliomas by Iver A. Langmoen; Tryggve Lundar; Ingebjørg Storm-Mathisen; Sverre O. Lie; Karl H. Hovind is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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We present 36 consecutive patients with intrinsic glioma of the pons. Tumors with exophytic expansion were excluded. There were 16 females and 20 males, ranging in age from 2 to 13 years, median 6 years. The most common presenting symptoms were cranial nerve dysfunction, unsteadiness of gait, and hemiparesis. Computed tomography (CT) showed a hypodense (17/21) or isodense (4/21) expansion of the pons. Five tumors had areas of contrast enhancement. Following information about prognosis and possible types of management, parents decided for or against radiation therapy: twenty-four children underwent irradiation and 12 did not. Median survival among children receiving a full course of irradiation was 280 days, compared to 140 days in an equivalent group of non-irradiated children. Hemiparesis presenting without cranial nerve symptoms and contrast enhancement on CT scan were poor prognostic factors, whereas sex, age, and duration of symptoms at diagnosis were unrelated to prognosis.
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- Author
- Iver A. Langmoen; Tryggve Lundar; Ingebjørg Storm-Mathisen; Sverre O. Lie; Karl H. Hovind
- Publisher
- Springer; Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0256-7040)
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)