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Benign Pediatric Brain Tumors
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| | The neuroscience team at Le Bonheur’s Pediatric Brain Tumor Program provides diagnosis and treatment for benign pediatric brain tumors, a childhood tumor that grows very slowly, rarely spreads and does not contain cancer cells. |
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Brain Tumor Surgery
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| | The nationally-recognized neurosurgeons at Le Bonheur offer the most advanced brain tumor surgery to pediatric brain tumor patients including shunt surgery, craniotomy and brain tumor resection. |
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Childhood Cerebral Astrocytoma
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| | The neuroscience team at Le Bonheur’s Pediatric Brain Tumor Program provides diagnosis and treatment for all three types of childhood cerebral astrocytomas that include low-grade, high-grade and recurrent astrocytomas. |
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Common Diagnosis Related to Traumatic Head Injuries
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| | The multidisciplinary team at Neuroscience Institute at Le Bonheur Children's treats many different diagnosis of traunatic head injuries, including: contussions, concussions, subdural hematoma, epidural hematoma and multiple skull fractures. |
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Craniopharyngioma
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| | Craniopharyngiomas result from the growth of cells that have failed to migrate to their usual area just below the back of the skull during fetal development. |
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Craniosynostosis
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| | Craniosynostosis is a condition where the small spaces in a baby's skull close to early, so the skull can no longer stretch and expand to allow for the young child's brain to grow. |
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Ependymoma
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| | The neuroscience team at Le Bonheur’s Pediatric Brain Tumor Program provides diagnosis and treatment for childhood ependymoma, a malignant pediatric brain tumor that develops in the cells that line the ventricles of the brain and the spinal cord canal. |
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High Grade Glioma
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| | High Grade Glioma tumors are fast growing and considered malignant. They are classified as grade 3 or grade 4 by the tumor classification system. |
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Intractable Epilepsy
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| | The highly skilled medical team at Le Bonheur’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Program has advanced knowledge and experience to provide expert treatment for intractable epilepsy. |
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Ketogenic Diet
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| | The highly skilled medical staff at Le Bonheur’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Program has the knowledge to treat pediatric epilepsy with ketogenic diet which can help control a child’s seizures. |
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Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
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| | The highly knowledgeable physicians at Le Bonheur’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Program are experienced in treating Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, which is a severe form of epilepsy that starts in early childhood. |
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Low Grade Glioma
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| | The term “low-grade glioma” includes many types of specific tumors. Gliomas originate from glial cells, most often astrocytes. Sometimes the terms “astrocytoma” and “glioma” are used interchangeably. |
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Malignant Pediatric Brain Tumors
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| | The neuroscience team at Le Bonheur’s Pediatric Brain Tumor Program provides diagnosis and treatment for malignant pediatric brain tumors, a childhood tumor that grows quickly and invades and destroys healthy brain tissue. |
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Medulloblastoma
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| | The neuroscience team at Le Bonheur’s Pediatric Brain Tumor Program provides diagnosis and treatment for childhood medulloblastoma, the most common type of brain tumor in children and found in the cerebellum or posterior fossa. |
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Pediatric Brain Tumor Resection
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| | Through the Pediatric Brain Tumor Program at Le Bonheur, skilled and experienced neurosurgeons are able to advise and provide pediatric brain tumor resection. |
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Pediatric Seizures
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| | A seizure is a sudden change in behavior or awareness. The result can be a change in movement, attention or level of awareness. Some types of seizures cause loss of consciousness with convulsions or shaking of the body. |
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Posterior Fossa Tumors
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| | Many different types of brain tumors can arise from the posterior fossa, but the most common are medulloblastoma, ependymoma, and low-grade astrocytoma. |
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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
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| | The team at Le Bonheur’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Program is trained to treat pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy, a form of epilepsy where seizures start in the temporal lobe of the brain. |
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation
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| | At Le Bonheur’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, vagus nerve stimulation treatment is performed for children whose seizures aren’t controlled with medication. |
