Intracranial tumours in the first year of life

摘要: Twenty-five infants with histologically verified brain tumours presenting during the first year of life and diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) were studied. The clinical features are presented, results surgery assessed CT findings analysed compared macroscopic appearance tumours. Since introduction CT, number intracranial in infancy has increased, particularly supratentorial location. In our study, astrocytomas most common, followed choroid plexus papillomas, ependymomas primitive glial At diagnosis, many had become large, but usually a well-defined edge, suggesting expansion rather than infiltration. generally corresponded to operative mortality series was 20%.