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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
A positive finding of [[headache]], [[seizures]], change in personality or behavior are suggestive of astrocytoma. | A positive finding of [[headache]], [[seizures]], change in personality or behavior are suggestive of astrocytoma. | ||
==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> | ||
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:* Loss of [[balance]] and trouble walking | :* Loss of [[balance]] and trouble walking | ||
:* Worsening handwriting or slow [[speech]] | :* Worsening handwriting or slow [[speech]] | ||
:* Weakness or change in feeling on one side of the [[body]] | :* [[Weakness]] or change in feeling on one side of the [[body]] | ||
:* Unusual [[sleep]]iness | :* Unusual [[sleep]]iness | ||
:* More or less energy than usual | :* More or less energy than usual | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
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.[2] [3]
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.