RAPIDLY GROWING CALCIFIED CEREBELLAR ASTROCYTOMA IN INFANTS

Authors
SHUTO T OHTSUBO Y SEKIDO K IWAMOTO H YAMAMOTO I
Citation
T. Shuto et al., RAPIDLY GROWING CALCIFIED CEREBELLAR ASTROCYTOMA IN INFANTS, Child's nervous system, 12(2), 1996, pp. 107-109
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Pediatrics
Journal title
Child's nervous system → ACNP
ISSN journal
02567040
Volume
12
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
107 - 109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0256-7040(1996)12:2<107:RGCCAI>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report the case of an infant with a cerebellar astrocytoma that sho wed marked calcification within only 6 months. In general, only slow-g rowing tumors tend to calcify. To our knowledge, no other case of such rapid calcification in cerebellar astrocytoma has been reported.