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==Symptoms== | ==Symptoms== | ||
Symptoms depend on the following.<ref name=NCI>{{cite web | title = National Caner Institute Astrocytoma| url =http://www.cancer.gov/types/brain/hp/child-astrocytoma-treament-pdq#cit/section_1.19 }}</ref> | * Symptoms depend on the following.<ref name=NCI>{{cite web | title = National Caner Institute Astrocytoma| url =http://www.cancer.gov/types/brain/hp/child-astrocytoma-treament-pdq#cit/section_1.19 }}</ref> | ||
* Location of the [[tumor]] in the brain or spinal cord | :* Location of the [[tumor]] in the [[brain]] or [[spinal cord]] | ||
* Size of the tumor | :* Size of the [[tumor]] | ||
* How fast the tumor grows | :* How fast the [[tumor]] grows | ||
*The child's age and development | :* The child's age and development | ||
Some tumors do not cause symptoms. The most common symptoms of Astrocytoma are: | * Some tumors do not cause symptoms. The most common symptoms of Astrocytoma are: | ||
* Morning [[headache]] or headache that goes away after vomiting | :* Morning [[headache]] or headache that goes away after vomiting | ||
:* Nausea and vomiting. | |||
* Nausea and vomiting. | :* Vision, hearing, and speech problems. | ||
:* Loss of balance and trouble walking. | |||
* Vision, hearing, and speech problems. | :* Worsening handwriting or slow speech. | ||
* Loss of balance and trouble walking. | :* Weakness or change in feeling on one side of the body. | ||
* Worsening handwriting or slow speech. | :* Unusual sleepiness. | ||
* Weakness or change in feeling on one side of the body. | :* More or less energy than usual. | ||
* Unusual sleepiness. | :* Change in personality or behavior. | ||
* More or less energy than usual. | :* [[Seizures]]. | ||
* Change in personality or behavior. | :* Weight loss or weight gain for no known reason. | ||
* [[Seizures]]. | :* Increase in the size of the head (in infants). | ||
* Weight loss or weight gain for no known reason. | :* [[Seizures]]- In almost half of the cases, the first symptom of an astrocytoma is the onset of a focal or generalized [[seizure]]. Between 60 to 75% of patients will have recurrent [[seizures]] in the course of their illness. | ||
* Increase in the size of the head (in infants). | :* Children with astrocytoma usually have decreased memory, attention, and motor abilities, but unaffected intelligence, language, and academic skills. | ||
* [[Seizures]]- In almost half of the cases, the first symptom of an astrocytoma is the onset of a focal or generalized [[seizure]]. Between 60 to 75% of patients will have recurrent [[seizures]] in the course of their illness. | :* Anaplastic Astrocytoma is often related to seizures, neurologic deficits, headaches, or changes in mental status. | ||
* Children with astrocytoma usually have decreased memory, attention, and motor abilities, but unaffected intelligence, language, and academic skills. | |||
* Anaplastic Astrocytoma is often related to seizures, neurologic deficits, headaches, or changes in mental status. | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
A positive finding of headache, seizures, change in personality or behavior are suggestive of astrocytoma.
Symptoms
- Symptoms depend on the following.[1]
- Location of the tumor in the brain or spinal cord
- Size of the tumor
- How fast the tumor grows
- The child's age and development
- Some tumors do not cause symptoms. The most common symptoms of Astrocytoma are:
- Morning headache or headache that goes away after vomiting
- Nausea and vomiting.
- Vision, hearing, and speech problems.
- Loss of balance and trouble walking.
- Worsening handwriting or slow speech.
- Weakness or change in feeling on one side of the body.
- Unusual sleepiness.
- More or less energy than usual.
- Change in personality or behavior.
- Seizures.
- Weight loss or weight gain for no known reason.
- Increase in the size of the head (in infants).
- Seizures- In almost half of the cases, the first symptom of an astrocytoma is the onset of a focal or generalized seizure. Between 60 to 75% of patients will have recurrent seizures in the course of their illness.
- Children with astrocytoma usually have decreased memory, attention, and motor abilities, but unaffected intelligence, language, and academic skills.
- Anaplastic Astrocytoma is often related to seizures, neurologic deficits, headaches, or changes in mental status.
References
- ↑ "National Caner Institute Astrocytoma".
- ↑ JL Ater; et al. (1996). "Correlation of medical and neurosurgical events with neuropsychological status in children at diagnosis of astrocytoma: utilization of a neurological severity score". Journal of Child Neurology. 11 (6): 462–469. PMID 9120225.
- ↑ JM Dewar, PJ Dady and V Balakrishnan (1985). "Metastatic astrocytoma". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine. 15 (6): 745–747. PMID 3010926.