Failure to Thrive Revealing a Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma: An Uncommon Case Report with Literature Review

Table 1

Pediatric pilomyxoid astrocytoma described in the recent literature.

Patient	Sex	Age	Anatomic region	Clinical characteristics	Treatment	Follow-up	Author	Year
1 (present case)	M	11 MO	Suprasellar region with local extension	Diencephalic syndrome + nystagmus	Subtotal tumor resection + chemotherapy	Relape after 6 M	(Present case)	2019
2	F	13 MO	Hypothalamic + chiasmatic area	Developmental retardation + nystagmus	Surgery	No relapse during 3-M follow-up	Li et al. [4]	2018
3	M	4 MO	Suprasellar region + right temporal lobe	Vomiting + poor weight gain	Surgery + chemotherapy	Recurrence after 4 Y	Homma et al. [5]	2017
4	F	7 YO	Posterior fossa	Altered consciousness	Surgery	No relapse during follow-up	He et al. [6]	2017
5	F	7 YO	Suprasellar	Intracranial hypertension syndrome	Surgery + radiotherapy	Volume reduction after 12 M	Tjahjadi et al. [7]	2015
6	F	4 YO	Posterior fossa	Ataxia + generalized weakness	Surgery + chemotherapy	Local recurrence after 9 M	Forbes et al. [8]	2013
7	M	6 YO	Suprasellar	Weight loss + developmental delay	Subtotal tumor resection + radiotherapy	No relapse during 3-M follow-up	Azad et al. [9]	2010
8	M	15 YO	Hypothalamic area	Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea	Surgery + chemotherapy	No recurrence during 18-M follow-up	French et al. [10]	2009

Y = year, M = month, O = old.