Brain tumors in infancy

Common brain tumors in infancy (i.e. under one year of age) are quite different from those of brain tumors in adulthood. Most are located in the supratentorial region (~65%) and they carry a poor prognosis.

The frequency of these tumors varies according to studies, but the most common brain tumors include ^1-3:

• anaplastic astrocytoma
• medulloblastoma
• ependymoma
• atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT)
• choroid plexus papilloma
• intracranial teratoma
• embryonal tumors with multilayered rosettes (previously known as CNS PNET)
• craniopharyngioma

See also

• fetal brain tumors