Range of rehabilitation team health professionals who may be required for a child with posterior fossa tumor Pediatric rehabilitation specialist Occupational therapist Speech pathologist Physiotherapist Dietician Clinical nurse specialist Neuropsychologist…
Fig. 28.1 Pilocytic astrocytomas are tumors of low to moderate cellularity exhibiting an often biphasic pattern with varying proportions of compacted bipolar cells (top left and right) with Rosenthal fibers…
Fig. 11.1 Tumor types affecting the ventral craniovertebral junction in 46 children (Composite data derived from the experience of Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, and Iowa Hospital, USA [2, 15])…
Fig. 5.1 Head tilt (torticollis) in a boy with posterior fossa tumor (chordoma) 5.1.6 Cerebellar Mutism This sign is mostly seen after neurosurgical operations; however, it is also rarely seen…
Fig. 55.1 (a) Isointense appearance of a posterior fossa meningioma in a 9-year-old girl. Despite the big size of the lesion, there is no obstruction of the four ventricle. (b)…
Fig. 23.1 Perivascular pseudorosettes Fig. 23.2 Ependymal rosettes 23.2 WHO Subtypes and Grading According to WHO 2007 classification, main histological variants include classic, cellular, clear cell, papillary, tanycytic, and myxopapillary…
Predictor Score Age <2 years 3 Presence of papilledema (later replaced with transependymal edema) 1 Moderate/severe hydrocephalus 2 Cerebral metastases 3 Preop estimated tumor diagnosis Medulloblastoma 1 Ependymoma 1 Dorsally…
Fig. 8.1 Suboccipital surface of the cerebellum The fourth ventricle, tentlike in appearance, is located between the cerebellum and brain stem. Dorsally, the roof is divided into superior and inferior…
Timing of radiotherapy Low-grade gliomas High-grade gliomas At progression, usually after chemotherapy Postoperatively Dose 54 Gy in 1.8 Gy fractions 59.4 Gy in 1.8 Gy fractions GTV Tumor bed +…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015M. Memet Özek, Giuseppe Cinalli, Wirginia Maixner and Christian Sainte-Rose (eds.)Posterior Fossa Tumors in Children10.1007/978-3-319-11274-9_66 66. Psychosocial Coping with Neurosurgery: Children and Their Families Banu Çankaya1 and M. Kemal Kuşcu2 (1) Department of Psychology, Koç…
