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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Brain Neoplasms > Infratentorial Neoplasms
Nervous System Diseases > Nervous System Neoplasms > Central Nervous System Neoplasms > Brain Neoplasms > Infratentorial Neoplasms
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Preferred term

Infratentorial Neoplasms  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Infratentorial Tumor
  • Infratentorial Tumors
  • Neoplasm, Posterior Fossa
  • Neoplasms, Infratentorial
  • Neoplasms, Posterior Fossa
  • Posterior Fossa Neoplasm
  • Posterior Fossa Neoplasms
  • Posterior Fossa Tumor
  • Posterior Fossa Tumors
  • Tumor, Infratentorial
  • Tumor, Posterior Fossa

Note

  • coord IM with histol type of neopl (IM)

Scope note

  • 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).

History note

  • 1989

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015192

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