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Artikel: Posterior fossa tumors in children: An update and new concepts.

Mengide, Juan Pablo / Berros, María Florencia / Turza, Mariana Estefanía / Liñares, Juan Manuel

Surgical neurology international

2023  Band 14, Seite(n) 114

Abstract: Background: Posterior fossa tumors account for approximately half of the central nervous system tumors in children. Major technological advances, mainly in the fields of molecular biology and neuroimaging, have modified their classification, leading to ... ...

Abstract Background: Posterior fossa tumors account for approximately half of the central nervous system tumors in children. Major technological advances, mainly in the fields of molecular biology and neuroimaging, have modified their classification, leading to a more detailed description of these entities. Into the classic taxonomy, used for many years, new concepts have been incorporated at times eliminating or modifying former ones.
Methods: A literature search was conducted in PubMed using the medical subject headings involving the five most common pediatric posterior fossa tumors: diffuse midline glioma, medulloblastoma, ependymoma, atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor, and pilocytic astrocytoma. Only English published articles in the past 11 years that provided technological, neuroimaging, and molecular biology insight into posterior fossa tumors in children were considered.
Results: Substantial changes have been introduced in the nomenclature of pediatric posterior fossa tumors. Diffuse midline gliomas are named based on alterations in histone H3. Molecular rearrangements of medulloblastomas are more important in defining the prognosis than histological variants; therefore, these tumors are currently named based on their molecular subgroups. Posterior fossa ependymomas and atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor classification have incorporated new groups based on different genetic profiles. Pilocytic astrocytoma has been placed in a new category that distinguishes circumscribed from diffuse entities.
Conclusion: Advances in molecular biology and neuroimaging have substantially changed the way pediatric neoplasms are studied. The classical taxonomy has been modified leading to more accurate classifications that are based on the genetic alterations.
Sprache Englisch
Erscheinungsdatum 2023-03-31
Erscheinungsland United States
Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Review
ISSN 2229-5097
ISSN 2229-5097
DOI 10.25259/SNI_43_2023
Datenquelle MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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