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| Issue : 3 | Page : 127-132 |
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Pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas
Huber Said Padilla-Zambrano1, Ezequiel Garcia-Ballestas1, Amit Agrawal2, Maximiliano Paez-Nova3, Alfonso I Pacheco-Hernandez1, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar1
1 University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia
2 Department of Neurosurgery, Narayan Medical College Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India
3 Department of Neurosurgery, Asenjo Neurosurgical Institute, Santiago, Chile
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar
University of Cartagena, Cartagena
Colombia
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/glioma.glioma_50_18
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Historically, brainstem gliomas have been one of the most difficult types of neoplasms to treat. They comprise 10%–20% of pediatric tumors of the central nervous system. The average age of diagnosis is 7–9 years, without a predilection for gender. The advent of magnetic resonance imaging and radiotherapy has significantly aided in the diagnosis and treatment of brainstem gliomas.
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