Abstract | INTRODUCTION: CLINICAL CASE REPORT: The boy had unusual facial features, developmental delay, limb malformations, and other phenotypic anomalies suggestive of VPS. X-ray of the hand and feet showed right hand polydactyly. He also had a deep wider peduncular fossa, thickened superior cerebellar peduncle, and inferior vermian hypoplasia along with optochiasmatic tumor. The patient underwent a right pterional craniotomy and tumor decompression. Histopathology was suggestive of a pilocytic astrocytoma. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | P Sarma, P S Bindu, S Dwarakanath, S Somanna |
Journal | Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
(Childs Nerv Syst)
Vol. 31
Issue 5
Pg. 789-92
(May 2015)
ISSN: 1433-0350 [Electronic] Germany |
PMID | 25252823
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Astrocytoma
(complications, pathology)
- Child, Preschool
- Humans
- Male
- Optic Chiasm
(pathology)
- Optic Nerve Neoplasms
(complications, pathology)
- Orofaciodigital Syndromes
(complications)
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