Abstract
Comparing brain tumors of children and adults, a few distinguishing clinical features can be found:
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Epileptic seizures are the initial symptom in 20%–30% of brain tumors in adults, whereas in children nonspecific symptoms such as headache, vomiting, and lethargy predominate [1].
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Especially during the 1st decade of life, brain tumors are frequently located in the posterior fossa. Later on most neoplasms occur in the cerebral hemispheres.
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Postoperative radiotherapy, which is generally acceptable in adults, can lead to cognitive and emotional impairment in children [2, 6].
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The significance of brain tumors in childhood is underlined by their incidence. They account for 20% of all malignant neoplasms in children [2].
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Pospiech, J., Kalff, R., Kocks, W., Grote, W. (1991). Prognosis of Supratentorial Gliomas in Children. In: Bock, W.J., Lumenta, C., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Intracranial Angiomas Neurosurgical Intensive Care Supratentorial Tumors in Children. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76182-9_33
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