BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to analyze the pre-diagnostic symptomatic interval (PSI) of children with brain tumors with regard to the parental and doctor's delay and the clinical symptoms. METHODS: A retrospective review of all children with brain tumors diagnosed in a single centre over a period of 11 years was carried out. RESULTS: Seventy-nine patients (35 boys, 44 girls), with a mean age of 9.2 years (0.2-23.5 years), were analyzed. PSI was 28 weeks with a parental delay of 11.1 weeks and a doctor's delay of 16.9 weeks. Main clinical symptoms were headache (66.7%), vomiting (57.7%), vision (46.2%) and gait (41.6) disorders and fatigue (41.0%) followed by other neurological signs. CONCLUSIONS: Diagnosis of pediatric brain tumors is often delayed in relation to the presenting symptoms. If parents report a combination of headache with other neurological abnormalities, a brain tumor should always be considered.
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to analyze the pre-diagnostic symptomatic interval (PSI) of children with brain tumors with regard to the parental and doctor's delay and the clinical symptoms. METHODS: A retrospective review of all children with brain tumors diagnosed in a single centre over a period of 11 years was carried out. RESULTS: Seventy-nine patients (35 boys, 44 girls), with a mean age of 9.2 years (0.2-23.5 years), were analyzed. PSI was 28 weeks with a parental delay of 11.1 weeks and a doctor's delay of 16.9 weeks. Main clinical symptoms were headache (66.7%), vomiting (57.7%), vision (46.2%) and gait (41.6) disorders and fatigue (41.0%) followed by other neurological signs. CONCLUSIONS: Diagnosis of pediatric brain tumors is often delayed in relation to the presenting symptoms. If parents report a combination of headache with other neurological abnormalities, a brain tumor should always be considered.
Authors: Cassie N Kline; Roger J Packer; Eugene I Hwang; David R Raleigh; Steve Braunstein; Corey Raffel; Pratiti Bandopadhayay; David A Solomon; Mariam Aboian; Soonmee Cha; Sabine Mueller Journal: Neurooncol Pract Date: 2017-08-11
Authors: Eduardo Javier Barragán-Pérez; Carlos Enrique Altamirano-Vergara; Daniel Eduardo Alvarez-Amado; Juan Carlos García-Beristain; Fernando Chico-Ponce-de-León; Vicente González-Carranza; Luis Juárez-Villegas; Chiharu Murata Journal: Pathol Oncol Res Date: 2020-07-13 Impact factor: 2.874