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Neuropediatrics 1998; 29(6): 328-330
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973589
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973589
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Complete Remission of a Diffuse Pontine Glioma
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Publikationsdatum:
12. März 2007 (online)
Abstract
A patient is described in whom a large diffuse glioma of the pons extending into the midbrain was diagnosed at the age of 2 years. Biopsy showed a fibrillary astrocytoma. After shunting of a hydrocephalus, the clinical symptoms abated without conventional therapy. Repeated MRI studies showed a continuous decrease of the tumour which was no longer visible when the patient was 6.6 years old.
In reviews on spontaneous remissions of oncologic disorders we were unable to find a case of a biologically benign brain stem tumour. There is one isolated report on a similar case, though without histologic documentation.
Key words
Pediatric brain tumours - Pontine glioma