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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> | ||
*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. | ||
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*More or less energy than usual. | *More or less energy than usual. | ||
*Change in personality or behavior. | *Change in personality or behavior. | ||
*Seizures. | *[[Seizures]]. | ||
*Weight loss or weight gain for no known reason. | *Weight loss or weight gain for no known reason. | ||
*Increase in the size of the head (in infants). | *Increase in the size of the head (in infants). | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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.
| author = JL Ater et al | title = Correlation of medical and neurosurgical events with neuropsychological status in children at diagnosis of astrocytoma: utilization of a neurological severity score | journal = Journal of Child Neurology | volume =11 | issue =6 | pages =462-469 | date =1996 | id =PMID 9120225}} </ref> [2]
References
- ↑ "National Caner Institute Astrocytoma".
- ↑ JM Dewar, PJ Dady and V Balakrishnan (1985). "Metastatic astrocytoma". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine. 15 (6): 745–747. PMID 3010926.