[Clinical manifestation of neoplasm cerebri in children hospitalized in pediatric neurology department].

BACKGROUND

Brain tumors are the second most common malignancy of childhood, following leukemia. Cause factor of some brain tumors is suggested by genetic predisposition.

AIM OF THE STUDY: It was a correlation between early symptoms of the brain tumor and its histology, localization and MR imaging.

MATERIAL AND

METHODS

13 children, aged 3 to 16 years, took part in this study. MR imaging was performed in all of them. 6 children were operated with histological examination of tumor tissue.

RESULTS

The most common first clinical symptom of tumors were epileptic seizure in 6 children and headache in 7. The most frequent tumor was supratentorial glioma.

CONCLUSIONS

In pediatric neurology department were hospitalized older children with brain tumors. In most of them headache and epileptic seizures occured.