Book contents
- Perinatal Neuropathology
- Perinatal Neuropathology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Section I Techniques and Practical Considerations
- Section 2 Human Nervous System Development
- Section 3 Stillbirth
- Section 4 Disruptions / Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury
- Section 5 Malformations
- Section 6 Perinatal Neurooncology
- Chapter 48 Congenital and Perinatal Brain Tumors
- Section 7 Spinal and Neuromuscular Disorders
- Section 8 Eye Disorders
- Section 9 Infections: In Utero Infections
- Section 10 Metabolic / Toxic Disorders: Storage Diseases
- Section 11 Forensic Neuropathology
- Appendix 1 Technical Considerations in Perinatal CNS
- Index
- References
Chapter 48 - Congenital and Perinatal Brain Tumors
from Section 6 - Perinatal Neurooncology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2021
- Perinatal Neuropathology
- Perinatal Neuropathology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Section I Techniques and Practical Considerations
- Section 2 Human Nervous System Development
- Section 3 Stillbirth
- Section 4 Disruptions / Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury
- Section 5 Malformations
- Section 6 Perinatal Neurooncology
- Chapter 48 Congenital and Perinatal Brain Tumors
- Section 7 Spinal and Neuromuscular Disorders
- Section 8 Eye Disorders
- Section 9 Infections: In Utero Infections
- Section 10 Metabolic / Toxic Disorders: Storage Diseases
- Section 11 Forensic Neuropathology
- Appendix 1 Technical Considerations in Perinatal CNS
- Index
- References
Summary
Central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the second most common neoplasms in the pediatric population, being surpassed in incidence only by hematologic malignancies [1]. Congenital brain tumors are rare, representing 2% of all pediatric CNS tumors and having an incidence of approximately 1:1.1 to 1:3.4 million births, depending on the definition of “congenital” used by various reports: Jellinger and Sunder-Plassmann defined tumors as “definitely congenital” if they caused symptoms at birth or within the first 2 weeks of life, and “probably congenital” if they were diagnosed in the first year of life [2]; but, before them, Solitaire and Krigman classified congenital brain tumors in 3 categories: (1) “definitively congenital” if the tumor produced symptoms at birth, (2) “probably congenital “ if the tumor produced symptoms within the first week of life, and (3) “possibly congenital” if the symptoms appeared within the first few months of life [3].
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- Perinatal Neuropathology , pp. 285 - 300Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021