Operating. Archival photo NOVOSIBIRSK, January 6 Specialists of the National Medical Research Center named after Academician E.N. Meshalkin of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Novosibirsk) successfully removed a six-year-old girl with a brain tumor with a diameter of five centimeters, the institution reports on Thursday. The clinic noted that the tumor, located in the cerebellar tissues, required urgent surgical intervention. The disease manifested itself with regular headaches, nausea and vomiting.
& # 34; A neoplasm comparable in size to a tennis ball caused dislocation of cerebral structures and compression of the fourth ventricle of the brain, which provoked a violation of the outflow of cerebrospinal fluid and the development of internal hydrocephalus — an excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain & # 34; — are given in the message words of neurosurgeon Sergei Chernov.
The doctor noted that the tumor in this place and of such a large size carried a great threat to the girl's life, as it squeezed the brain stem, in which the vital centers are located. In this regard, the child needed urgent surgical treatment. Five days after receiving the result of magnetic resonance imaging, the child was hospitalized at the Meshalkin Center. completely, which suggests a favorable prognosis and a low risk of recurrence of the disease. According to histological studies, the neoplasm is benign. with brain tumors is associated with a rapid increase in neurological manifestations, the complexity of early diagnosis, and also requires from medical specialists jewelry surgical techniques and the selection of competent anesthetic support for surgical intervention. The girl received help from state funding. 
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