Surgical Outcome of Posteriour Fossa Tumors in Children
Abstract
Posterior fossa tumors are most common in children than adults accounting for 54 to 70% of all childhood brain tumours. Out of them 30% are brain stem tumors. Most common posterior fossa tumors are Medulloblastoma, Astrocytoma, Ependymoma, and Brain Stem tumours. While dermoid, epidermoide and teratoma are the rare tumours. All focal and Cystic brain stem tumors in posterior fossa show better results with redical surgery than more diffused tumours that had stereotactic biopsy.
Key words: Posterior Fossa Tumors.
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