Childhood Cerebellar Astrocytoma

**Semantic type:** Neoplastic Process

**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.

**Synonyms:** - Cerebellar Astrocytoma - Childhood Astrocytoma of Cerebellum - Childhood Astrocytoma of the Cerebellum - Pediatric Astrocytoma of Cerebellum - Pediatric Astrocytoma of the Cerebellum - Pediatric Cerebellar Astrocytoma