Brain tumors in infancy
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Common brain tumours in infancy (i.e. under one year of age) are quite different from those of brain tumours in adulthood. Most are located in the supratentorial region (~65%) and they carry a poor prognosis.
The frequency of these tumours varies according to studies, but the most common brain tumours include 1-3:
- anaplastic astrocytoma
- medulloblastoma
- ependymoma
- atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour (AT/RT)
- choroid plexus papilloma
- intracranial teratoma
- embryonal tumours with multilayered rosettes (previously known as CNS PNET)
- craniopharyngioma
See also
-<li><a title="Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour" href="/articles/atypical-teratoidrhabdoid-tumour">atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour (AT/RT)</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/atypical-teratoidrhabdoid-tumour">atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour (AT/RT)</a></li>
-<a href="/articles/embryonal-tumours-with-multilayered-rosettes">embryonal tumours with multilayered rosettes</a> (previously known as <a href="/articles/primitive-neuroectodermal-tumour-of-the-cns">CNS PNET</a>)</li>- +<a title="Embryonal tumours with multilayered rosettes (ETMR)" href="/articles/embryonal-tumours-with-multilayered-rosettes-etmr">embryonal tumours with multilayered rosettes</a> (previously known as <a href="/articles/primitive-neuroectodermal-tumour-of-the-cns">CNS PNET</a>)</li>