Table II.
No. | Histology a | Location b | Brain stem involvement | Symptoms | Symptom duration | Neurological deficits c | Ataxia | Oculomotor palsy | Epileptic seizures | Hydrocephalus d |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MB | IT | NO | Nausea/vomiting | <100 days | No | No | No | No | Moderate |
Headaches | ||||||||||
2 | ONG e | SU | No | Impaired hearing | ≥100 days | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Impaired vision | ||||||||||
Fine‐motor | ||||||||||
problems | ||||||||||
3 | NGCT | SM | No | Nausea/vomiting | <100 days | Yes | No | Yes | No | Marked |
4 | PA | SH | No | Headaches | <100 days | Yes | Yes | No | No | Marked |
Fatigue | ||||||||||
Vestibular disorder | ||||||||||
Limping (right) | ||||||||||
Back pain | ||||||||||
5 | NGCT | SU | No | Nausea/vomiting | <100 days | No | No | No | No | No |
Headaches | ||||||||||
6 | PNET | SH | No | Hemiparesis right | <100 days | Yes | No | No | No | No |
7 | ODG | SH | No | Nausea/vomiting | <100 days | No | No | No | No | No |
Strabismus | ||||||||||
Abdominal pain | ||||||||||
8 | DNT | SH | No | Headaches | <100 days | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Fatigue | ||||||||||
9 | PA | SM | No | Nausea/vomiting | <100 days | Yes | No | No | No | Marked |
Headaches | ||||||||||
Impaired vision | ||||||||||
Slurred speech | ||||||||||
Paraesthesias | ||||||||||
10 | CP | SM | No | Impaired vision | ≥100 days | No | No | No | No | No |
11 | PA | IT | No | Nausea/vomiting | <100 days | No | No | No | No | Moderate |
Headaches | ||||||||||
Impaired vision | ||||||||||
Loss of appetite | ||||||||||
12 | NGCT | SM | No | Nausea/vomiting | <100 days | No | No | no | No | No |
13 | PA | IT | No | Nausea/vomiting | ≥100 days | Yes | Yes | no | No | No |
Headaches | ||||||||||
14 | CPT | SH | No | Nausea/vomiting | <100 days | No | No | no | No | No |
Fatigue | ||||||||||
15 | CS | SH | No | Nausea/vomiting | ≥100 days | Yes | Yes | no | No | No |
Headaches | ||||||||||
16 | Unknown | SM | No | Headaches | ≥100 days | No | No | no | No | No |
Fatigue | ||||||||||
17 | MB | IT | No | Nausea/vomiting | <100 days | No | No | no | No | Marked |
Headaches | ||||||||||
18 | GE | SM & IT | No | Nausea/vomiting | >100 days | No | No | yes | No | Marked |
Headaches | ||||||||||
19 | PA | SH | No | Nausea/vomiting | <100 days | No | No | no | No | Marked |
Headaches | ||||||||||
20 | PA | SM | No | Headaches | <100 days | No | No | no | No | No |
Histology: CS, chondrosarcoma; CP, craniopharyngioma; CPT, choroid plexus tumor; DNT, dysembrioplastic neuroepithelial tumor; GE, germinoma; MB, medulloblastoma; NGCT, nongerminomatous germ cell tumor; ODG, oligodenodroglioma; ONG, optic nerve glioma; PA, pilocytic astrocytoma.
Location: IT, infratentorial; SH, supratentorial hemispheric; SM, supratentorial midline; SU, supratentorial unspecified.
Neurological deficits (manifested as slight motor weakness, clumsiness or impairments in coordination and reflexes): no, absent; yes, mild, not interfering with daily life.
Hydrocephalus: no, absent; moderate, supratentorial convexity spaces not completely effaced; marked, supratentorial convexity spaces completely effaced.
History of neonatal meningitis.