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Abstract
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).
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- Infratentorial Tumors
- Neoplasms, Infratentorial
- Neoplasms, Posterior Fossa
- Posterior Fossa Neoplasms
- Posterior Fossa Tumors
- Infratentorial Neoplasm
- Infratentorial Tumor
- Neoplasm, Infratentorial
- Neoplasm, Posterior Fossa
- Posterior Fossa Neoplasm
- Posterior Fossa Tumor
- Tumor, Infratentorial
- Tumor, Posterior Fossa
- Benign Infratentorial Neoplasms
- Infratentorial Cancer
- Infratentorial Neoplasms, Benign
- Infratentorial Neoplasms, Malignant
- Malignant Infratentorial Neoplasms
- Benign Infratentorial Neoplasm
- Cancer, Infratentorial
- Infratentorial Cancers
- Infratentorial Neoplasm, Benign
- Infratentorial Neoplasm, Malignant
- Malignant Infratentorial Neoplasm
- Neoplasm, Benign Infratentorial
- Neoplasm, Malignant Infratentorial
- Neoplasms, Malignant Infratentorial
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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coord IM with histol type of neopl (IM)
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History Note
1989
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- Brain Neoplasms (1966-1988)
- Cerebellar Neoplasms (1971-1988)
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- National Library of Medicine. Infratentorial Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015192. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015192
- Infratentorial Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56014698