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Cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma treatment

The cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma treatment of choice is total surgical resection and in most cases, no further irradiation or chemotherapy is required 1)

The pure neuroendoscopic surgery was shown to be minimally invasive and a successful and secure method to treat cystic cerebellar tumors 2).

Video

<html><iframe src=“https://player.vimeo.com/video/156614256” width=“640” height=“443” frameborder=“0” allow=“autoplay; fullscreen” allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href=“https://vimeo.com/156614256”>Posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytoma</a> from <a href=“https://vimeo.com/snint”>Surgical Neurology International</a> on <a href=“https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p></html>

References

1)
Schneider JH, Raffel C, McComb JG. Benign cerebellar astrocytomas of childhood. Neurosurgery. 1992;30(1):58–63.
2)
Giannetti AV, Rocha MD, Rosseto RS, Pedrosa HA. Pure Neuroendoscopic Resection of Cystic Cerebellar Tumors. World Neurosurg. 2015 Sep;84(3):867.e7-867.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.04.029. Epub 2015 Apr 23. PubMed PMID: 25913429.