A Case of Oligodendroglioma of Cerebellar Vermis in a Child.
- Author:
Sang Bong LEE
1
;
Suck Jun OH
;
Kwang Myung KIM
;
Nam Kyu KIM
;
Hwan Yung CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Oligodendroglioma;
Cerebellar vermis;
Child
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Child*;
Humans;
Incidence;
Male;
Oligodendroglioma*
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1987;16(2):497-504
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The incidence of oligodendroglioma in pediatric age is less than 1%, and about 90% of them are located supratentorially. The authors are reporting a case of oligodendroglioma at the cerebellar vermis in a 14 years old boy which was cured by surgical resection and shunt procedure.
