| Journal: | Belize journal of medicine |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000418444 |
| ISSN: | 2225-8116 |
| Authors: | Dupuy González, Javier1 Cervantes, Joel Andrés1 |
| Institutions: | 1Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize City. Belice |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Season: | Jun |
| Volumen: | 1 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Pages: | 3-5 |
| Country: | Belice |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | Central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the first location of solid tumors in childhood, with predominance of the embryonic lineage and relative absence of gliomas. Meningiomas are usually benign tumors of the CNS, arising from the arachnoid cell layer. They are a rarity in childhood, but when they do appear in this age group, the intraventricular location is more frequent than in adults and the usual location is in the trigone of the lateral ventricles and more rarely in the III and IV ventricles. These are slow-growing tumors; moreover, as all intraventricular tumors, they present an asymptomatic growth period, because tumor grows displacing the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the ventricular cavity, so it does not affect the brain tissue. For this reason, they may attain a large volume before becoming symptomatic |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Neurología, Cirugía, Diagnóstico, Tumores intraventriculares, Meningioma, Cerebro, Niños |
| Keyword: | Neurology, Surgery, Diagnosis, Intraventricular tumors, Meningioma, Brain, Children |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
