sodium-ethylxanthate and Brain-Neoplasms

Two cases of congenital brain tumor present at birth are reported. One patient was a baby girl with a huge teratoma measuring 8 X 6 X 5 cm; she died on her fourth day of life. The other patient had a large cystic astrocytoma, which was successfully removed; the patient is alive and in good health at 2 years of age and has no sign of recurrence of the tumor. Each baby had a large head, which caused dystocia at delivery. In addition to these two cases, we reviewed 200 cases of brain tumors reported in the literature presenting or producing symptoms or found incidentally at autopsy within 2 months after birth. We analyzed these cases in terms of initial symptoms and signs, sex distribution, histologic types and sites of tumors, prognosis, associated anomalies, familial occurrence, and hemorrhage from the tumor. The results of these analyses are described in detail, and the etiology of neonatal brain tumors is discussed.

Topics: Astrocytoma; Brain Neoplasms; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Prognosis; Sex; Teratoma

Topics: Adolescent; Brain Neoplasms; Central Nervous System; Child; Hormones; Humans; Infant; Neoplasms; Oncogenic Viruses; Sex

A national survey, based on a probability sample of patients admitted to short-term hospitals in the United States during 1973 to 1974 with a discharge diagnosis of an intracranial neoplasm, was conducted in 157 hospitals. The annual incidence was estimated at 17,000 for primary intracranial neoplasms and 17,400 for secondary intracranial neoplasms--8.2 and 8.3 per 100,000 US population, respectively. Rates of primary intracranial neoplasms increased steadily with advancing age. The age-adjusted rates were higher among men than among women (8.5 versus 7.9 per 100,000). However, although men were more susceptible to gliomas and neuronomas, incidence rates for meningiomas and pituitary adenomas were higher among women.

Topics: Adenoma; Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Brain Neoplasms; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Glioma; Health Surveys; Humans; Male; Meningioma; Middle Aged; Neurilemmoma; Racial Groups; Sex; United States

Topics: Adult; Brain Neoplasms; Cerebral Cortex; Coitus; Epilepsy; Female; Humans; Male; Meningioma; Middle Aged; Neuroblastoma; Seizures; Sensory Thresholds; Sex

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aging; Brain Neoplasms; Brain Stem; Calcinosis; Cerebral Arteries; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms; Cerebrospinal Fluid; Child; Female; Hemangioma, Cavernous; Humans; Intracranial Aneurysm; Male; Sex

Topics: Adolescent; Aging; Bone Neoplasms; Brain Neoplasms; Child; Ethnology; Geography; Humans; Infant; Kidney Neoplasms; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Mortality; Neoplasms; Sex; United States

Topics: Brain; Brain Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Carcinoma, Bronchogenic; Humans; Neoplasm Metastasis; Neoplasms; Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; Prognosis; Sarcoma; Sex

Topics: Abdominal Neoplasms; Adolescent; Aging; Brain Neoplasms; Child; Classification; Eye Neoplasms; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Leukemia; Liver Neoplasms; Lymphoma; Mediastinal Neoplasms; Neoplasms; Retroperitoneal Neoplasms; Sex

Topics: Aging; Animals; Brain Abscess; Brain Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; Glioblastoma; Glioma; Methylcholanthrene; Mice; Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Experimental; Research; Sarcoma; Sarcoma, Experimental; Sex; Sex Factors; Toxicology

Topics: Adolescent; Antineoplastic Agents; Brain Neoplasms; Child; Head; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Humans; Infant; Lymphoma; Neoplasms; Palliative Care; Prognosis; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Sarcoma; Sex; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Thyroid Neoplasms

Topics: Adolescent; Brain Neoplasms; Child; Classification; Humans; Infant; Michigan; Neoplasms; Sex