Brain Tumors Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Brain Tumors, including details on symptoms, benign and malignant tumors, gliomas, screening, treatment.

Spontaneous remission of a diffuse brainstem lesion in a neonate.

Schomerus L, Merkenschlager A, Kahn T, Hirsch W

Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany. leena.schomerus@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

We describe here the spontaneous remission of a diffuse brainstem lesion found in an infant at the age of 7 weeks. Clinical and MRI characteristics strongly suggested a diffuse pontine glioma. Repeated MRI studies showed a continuous decrease in the size of the lesion, which was no longer visible by the age of 27 months. Spontaneous remission of diffuse pontine glioma is extremely rare; to our knowledge there are reports of only three similar cases.

Published 6 March 2007 in Pediatr Radiol, 37(4): 399-402.
Full-text of this article is available online (may require subscription).

© 2004-2008 Brain Tumors Research Today. All Rights Reserved.