Incidental brain lesions in children: To treat or not to treat?

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 589-594

  Bredlau, Amy Lee ^a   Constine, Louis S ^a   Silberstein, Howard J ^a   Milano, Michael T ^a   Korones, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain lesion; Brain tumor; Children; Incidental; Incidentaloma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AUTISM; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SURGERY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPENDYMOMA; FACE DEFORMITY; FEMALE; FIBRILLARY ASTROCYTOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOCYTIC ASTROCYTOMA; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; SYNCOPE; TERATOMA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857062234     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-011-0695-1     Document Type: Article

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