Open AccessClinicopathological study of pediatric posterior fossa tumors
Author(s) -
Kadali Satya Vara Prasad,
Divya Ravi,
Vijay Kumar Pallikonda,
Bhavana Venkata Satya Raman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/jpn.jpn_113_16
Subject(s) - medicine , posterior fossa , context (archaeology) , neurosurgery , cerebellar vermis , brainstem , fourth ventricle , incidence (geometry) , posterior cranial fossa , medulloblastoma , vomiting , surgery , cerebellum , pathology , paleontology , physics , optics , biology
Brain tumor is one of the most devastating forms of human illness, especially when occurring in the posterior fossa and involving the brainstem. Tumors in the posterior fossa are considered some of the most critical brain lesions. This is primarily due to the limited space within the posterior fossa, as well as the potential involvement of the vital brainstem nuclei.