Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with and without relapse

	Relapses	Nonrelapses
Sex
Male	8	36
Female	2	15
Age	14.2 (9.6–19)	13 (5–24)
Site
Pineal	6	24
Suprasellar	3	21
Bifocal	1	5
CSF diversion (including shunt)	7 (6)	26 (18)
Median size of largest dimension (range)	20 mm (15–30)	27 mm (6–77)
HCG secretion (number available)
Blood + (51)	2	6
CSF + (45)	2	12
Both (45)	2	4
Neither (45)	8	30
CSF + Blood − (45)	0	8
CSF − Blood + (45)	0	2
Blood − (51)	8	44

Abbreviations: CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; HCG, human chorionic gonadotropin.