Pediatric intrinsic brainstem lesions: clinical, imaging, histological characterization, and predictors of survival.

Bárbara Albuquerque Morais Davi Jorge Fontoura SollaHamilton MatushitaManoel Jacobsen TeixeiraBernardo A Monaco

Published in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2019)

Stereotactic biopsy was safe and allows successful tissue sampling for a definite diagnosis. Poorer survival was independently associated with high-grade and contrast-enhancing lesions.

Keyphrases

high grade
free survival
high resolution
low grade
ultrasound guided
small cell lung cancer
magnetic resonance imaging
brain metastases
contrast enhanced
young adults
childhood cancer