Case Report
Failure to Thrive Revealing a Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma: An Uncommon Case Report with Literature Review
Table 1
Pediatric pilomyxoid astrocytoma described in the recent literature.
| Patient | Sex | Age | Anatomic region | Clinical characteristics | Treatment | Follow-up | Author | Year |
| 1 (present case) | M | 11 MO | Suprasellar region with local extension | Diencephalic syndrome + nystagmus | Subtotal tumor resection + chemotherapy | Relape after 6 M | (Present case) | 2019 |
| 2 | F | 13 MO | Hypothalamic + chiasmatic area | Developmental retardation + nystagmus | Surgery | No relapse during 3-M follow-up | Li et al. [4] | 2018 |
| 3 | M | 4 MO | Suprasellar region + right temporal lobe | Vomiting + poor weight gain | Surgery + chemotherapy | Recurrence after 4 Y | Homma et al. [5] | 2017 |
| 4 | F | 7 YO | Posterior fossa | Altered consciousness | Surgery | No relapse during follow-up | He et al. [6] | 2017 |
| 5 | F | 7 YO | Suprasellar | Intracranial hypertension syndrome | Surgery + radiotherapy | Volume reduction after 12 M | Tjahjadi et al. [7] | 2015 |
| 6 | F | 4 YO | Posterior fossa | Ataxia + generalized weakness | Surgery + chemotherapy | Local recurrence after 9 M | Forbes et al. [8] | 2013 |
| 7 | M | 6 YO | Suprasellar | Weight loss + developmental delay | Subtotal tumor resection + radiotherapy | No relapse during 3-M follow-up | Azad et al. [9] | 2010 |
| 8 | M | 15 YO | Hypothalamic area | Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea | Surgery + chemotherapy | No recurrence during 18-M follow-up | French et al. [10] | 2009 |
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Y = year, M = month, O = old.
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