Executive Summary
Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma, Childhood Tumors rare brain tumors and the second most common type of cancer in children after leukaemia, affecting children younger than 18 months. Statistics of desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma are rare intracranial tumors. These tumors are usually massive and are seen to be firmly attached to the dura.
Statistics of Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma Childhood Tumor
desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma are rare brain tumors. Spinal cord and brain tumors are the second most common type of cancer in children after leukaemia. The tumor condition is found commonly in children younger than 18 months . But the disease condition possesses an excellent chance of recovery, and the most preferred treatment procedure is surgery.
Statistics of desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma are rare intracranial tumors ​1​. DIG tumors are more common in young boys than in girls. The common symptoms of Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma, Childhood Tumor include sunset eye, intracranial hypertension, enlarging head circumference, bulging fontanels, other variable localizing signs like seizures or paresis. These tumors are usually massive and are seen to be firmly attached to the dura.
References
- 1.Birch J, Blair V. The epidemiology of infant cancers. Br J Cancer Suppl. 1992;18:S2-4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1503921