childhood cerebellar astrocytic neoplasm
MONDO:0003842Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names childhood cerebellar astrocytic neoplasm yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Benign and malignant astrocytomas that arise from astrocytes in the cerebellum. More than 80% of childhood cerebellar astrocytomas are pilocytic astrocytomas which have a favorable prognosis. The remainder are composed of diffuse or fibrillary subtypes with malignant astrocytomas occurring only rarely in the cerebellum during childhood.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0003842), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
14 names
Resolves to: childhood cerebellar astrocytic neoplasm
- Also called
- cerebellum childhood astrocytic tumorcerebellum childhood astrocytic tumourcerebellum juvenile astrocytomachildhood astrocytic tumor of cerebellumchildhood astrocytic tumour of cerebellumchildhood astrocytoma of cerebellumchildhood astrocytoma of the cerebellumchildhood cerebellar astrocytomapaediatric astrocytoma of cerebellumpaediatric astrocytoma of the cerebellumpaediatric cerebellar astrocytomapediatric astrocytoma of cerebellumpediatric astrocytoma of the cerebellumpediatric cerebellar astrocytoma