Patient's question:
A child from a friend's family is in fifth grade of elementary school. Recently, they have been complaining of headaches. The friend thought it was a cold and gave them pain relievers, but the child didn't get better and the condition worsened, accompanied by vomiting. The child also mentioned that their eyes were a bit blurry. After going to the hospital for a check-up, they were diagnosed with a pediatric intracranial tumor. What are the causes of pediatric intracranial tumors?Doctor's answer:
Hello, surgical resection is the primary treatment for intracranial tumors in children. For most tumors, radiotherapy can be supplemented after surgery. Malignant gliomas can be treated with chemotherapy or immunotherapy. The principles and objectives of surgical treatment include the following aspects: as far as possible to achieve complete tumor resection; ensure postoperative relief of intracranial hypertension; the surgery should relieve or at least partially relieve the compression on important neural structures; for tumors that cannot be completely resected, they should be as much as possible removed to achieve sufficient internal decompression, creating conditions for later radiotherapy and chemotherapy; for patients with cerebrospinal fluid circulation obstruction, the main purpose of surgery is to relieve the obstruction.