/childhood cerebellar astrocytic neoplasm

childhood cerebellar astrocytic neoplasm

Rare Disease

MONDO:0003842

Also Known As

cerebellar astrocytomacerebellum childhood astrocytic tumorcerebellum childhood astrocytic tumourcerebellum juvenile astrocytomachildhood astrocytic tumor of cerebellumchildhood astrocytic tumour of cerebellumchildhood astrocytoma of cerebellumchildhood astrocytoma of the cerebellumchildhood cerebellar astrocytomapaediatric astrocytoma of cerebellumpaediatric astrocytoma of the cerebellumpaediatric cerebellar astrocytomapediatric astrocytoma of cerebellumpediatric astrocytoma of the cerebellumpediatric cerebellar astrocytomacerebellar astrocytoma, childhood

Definition

Benign and malignant astrocytomas that arise from astrocytes in the cerebellum. More than 80% of childhood cerebellar astrocytomas are pilocytic astrocytomas which have a favorable prognosis. The remainder are composed of diffuse or fibrillary subtypes with malignant astrocytomas occurring only rarely in the cerebellum during childhood.