Pilocytic astrocytoma

Cefalea e vomito, a pensar male spesso ci si azzecca

Zanin F

2025/9 — pag. 247-248 — DOI

An 11-year-old boy presenting with occipital headache and vomiting was diagnosed with a posterior fossa pilocytic astrocytoma. This case underscores the need to promptly identify red flag symptoms in paediatric headaches and to perform timely neuroim...

Sintomi atipici dei tumori del sistema nervoso centrale in età pediatrica

Pignataro F, Scisci E, Perillo T, Santoro N.

2025/2 — pag. 120-122 — DOI

Paediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumours are the second most common cancer in the 0 to 14 age group; additionally, they constitute the main cause of morbidity and death associated to cancer. Although intracranial hypertension-related and local...

Sintomi atipici dei tumori del sistema nervoso centrale in età pediatrica

Pignataro F, Scisci E, Perillo T, Santoro N

2025/2 — pag. 37-42 — DOI

Paediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumours are the second most common cancer in the 0 to 14 age group; additionally, they constitute the main cause of morbidity and death associated to cancer. Although intracranial hypertension-related and local...

La sindrome diencefalica: magro, lungo e sorridente

Mercuri C, Piccolo G, Molteni M, Verrico A, Piatelli G, Gaggero G, Ramaglia A, Milanaccio C

2024/26 — pag. 1-1 — DOI

The Authors describe the case of a 10-month-old boy with growth arrest and nystagmus related to a pilomyxoid astrocytoma in a paramedian suprasellar location....

Vomito mattutino e cefalea: pensa male

Fenato A.

2024/6 — pag. 395-395 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a six-year-old child with progressively worsening headaches and morning vomiting over several months, initially attributed to an emotional disturbance. A pilocytic astrocytoma of the posterior cranial fossa was eventuall...

Mal di testa? Non pensare all’oculista

Campone C, Negro I, Vandone M

2023/6 — pag. 104-104 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 3-year-old girl presenting with worsening and severe headache initially attributed to astigmatism that was finally diagnosed as cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma....

Caduta dallo scivolo

M. Orrù

2015/10

Una curva di troppo: astrocitoma pilocitico

G. Guerrini, E. Fabbri, C. Malaventura, R. Burnelli

2010/8