Neuropsychological Deterioration Predicts Tumor Progression in a Young Boy With Bithalamic Glioma

Antonio Ruggiero, Laura Iuvone, Cesare Colosimo, Maria Chiara Stefanini*, Riccardo Riccardi, Maria Chiara Stefanini, Riccardo Riccardi

*Autore corrispondente per questo lavoro

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Abstract

A description is given of the clinical, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging evolution of a 12-year-old boy (CG) who presented with bilateral thalamic astrocytoma (World Health Organization Grade 2). CG underwent an extensive neuropsychological assessment immediately after biopsy prior to any medical therapies and was followed up for 3 years until death. Neuropsychological functioning was thoroughly investigated by means of a detailed battery that included intelligence and cognitive functions. Evolution was characterized by cognitive deterioration that preceded neuroimaging signs of tumor progression. Starting from normal cognitive organization, the child exhibited visuospatial memory deficits and, afterward, diffuse cognitive impairment. The role of neuropsychological assessment in detecting early disease progression is discussed, mainly for rare pathologies whose evolution may be extremely variable.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)76-81
Numero di pagine6
RivistaAPPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. CHILD
Volume5
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2016

Keywords

  • Astrocytoma
  • Brain Neoplasms
  • Child
  • Cognition Disorders
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Disease Progression
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
  • Prognosis
  • Thalamus
  • bithalamic tumor
  • children
  • cognitive deterioration
  • neuropsychological assessment
  • progressive neurological diseases
  • visual spatial memory

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