A study of 54 cases of cerebellar astrocytoma (in paediatric age group)‎

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Background : cerebellar astrocytroma is the commonest paediatric posterior fossa tumor. Patients and method : 54 patients taken from the neuro-surgical unit in the specialized surgical hospital from Aug 1995 till March 2003, all patients studied thoroughly age, gender, Presentation, Radiological diagnoses, surgery, additive therapy and final outcome including 5 years survival & conclusion is reached. Results and discussion : the results show that more than half of the patients were at age 5-7 years with very slight male predominance, most cases diagnosed by CT, some with MRI or MRI alone.

Surgery was done for all cases & 16 patients' preceeded by VP shunt.

The final out come is compared with other similar studies. Conclusion : cerebellar astrocytoma acommon post fossa pediatric tumor if diagnosed early & proper surgery is done early, good prognosis can be gained.