Pilocytic astrocytoma developing at the site of a previously treated medulloblastoma in a child

KOKSAL Y., TOY H., ÜNAL E., BAYSAL T., ESEN H., PAKSOY Y., ...More

CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM, vol.24, no.3, pp.289-292, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 24 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00381-007-0444-0
  • Journal Name: CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.289-292
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background After the achieved high cure rates, the survivors of medulloblastoma have come to face other complications associated with treatment regimes. One of these complications is secondary malignant neoplasm (SMN), which is rare but generally fatal.