Search on: POSTERIOR FOSSA NEOPLASMS 
Descriptors Found: 1
Displaying: 1 .. 1  

 1 / 1 DeCS     
Descriptor English:   Infratentorial Neoplasms 
Descriptor Spanish:   Neoplasias Infratentoriales 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Neoplasias Infratentoriais 
Synonyms English:   Infratentorial Tumors
Posterior Fossa Neoplasms  
Tree Number:   C04.588.614.250.195.411
C10.228.140.211.500
C10.551.240.250.400
Definition English:   Intracranial tumors originating in the region of the brain inferior to the tentorium cerebelli, which contains the cerebellum, fourth ventricle, cerebellopontine angle, brain stem, and related structures. Primary tumors of this region are more frequent in children, and may present with ATAXIA; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; vomiting; HEADACHE; HYDROCEPHALUS; or other signs of neurologic dysfunction. Relatively frequent histologic subtypes include TERATOMA; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; ASTROCYTOMA; EPENDYMOMA; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; and choroid plexus papilloma (PAPILLOMA, CHOROID PLEXUS). 
Indexing Annotation English:   coord IM with histol type of neopl (IM)
History Note English:   1989 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BS blood supply BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced
CH chemistry CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SC secondary
SE secretion SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UL ultrastructure UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   23696 
Unique Identifier:   D015192 

Occurrence in VHL: 		 

Similar:
  
DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS