Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma and ganglioglioma: a series of 12 patients treated at a single institution.
Alessia ImperatoPietro SpennatoFederica MazioEsperanza ArcasOnur OzguralLucia QuagliettaMaria Elena ErricoGiuseppe CinalliPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2021)
Desmoplastic infantile tumours are rare giant neonatal tumours. Total removal is the goal of treatment, but prognosis remains good even if total removal is not achieved. In case of tumour progression or epilepsy from residual tumour, reoperation is the first option, with chemotherapy reserved to unresectable or disseminated cases with mixed results, while, to date, radiotherapy still plays no role.