Children’s Minnesota is thrilled to announce the organization’s neurosurgery program was recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of 54 hospitals and health systems with spine and neurosurgery programs to watch.
Sloan is one of nine students selected as a finalist in her age category for the National Braille Challenge. Very impressive, especially when you consider Sloan’s been living with a brain tumor most of her young life.
After suffering a traumatic brain injury during a car crash in 2018, Ben, 16, continues to recover and now wants to use his story to help others during Brain Injury Awareness Month in March.
The Spina Bifida Clinic at Children’s Minnesota brings together specialists and specialty services to meet the unique needs of patients with spina bifida. We care for patients from diagnosis up to age 21.
After months of feeling the effects of a concussion, Tate's family brought him to see a neurologist where they found out he had a brain tumor. Learn more about his recovery here.
February 2, 2017 8 a.m. – February 28, 2017 9 a.m., St. Paul
This week's grand rounds will feature:
January 1, 1970, 12 a.m. – 12 a.m., St. Paul
This week's grand rounds will feature:
Before you can understand about brain and spinal tumors, it’s helpful to understand the anatomy of the brain and spine and how they function.
An optic pathway glioma is a subset of low grade astrocytoma that grows in a portion of the optic pathway (optic nerve, optic chiasm, optic radiations). Optic gliomas typically grow as an infiltrative lesion with poorly defined borders. Because they are infiltrative they often extend and involve the entire optic pathway. They also frequently extend into adjacent structures, such as the hypothalamus. Optic chiasmatic and hypothalamic gliomas are often considered a single entity because of their ability to infiltrate into both compartments regardless of the site of origin of the tumor. These tumors originate from astrocytes, which are star-shaped brain cells. Astrocytes are a type of glial cell which function to support the surrounding cells. Optic pathway/hypothalamic gliomas account for 4-6% of all brain tumors in children and 30% of all pediatric gliomas. The peak incidence is during the first decade of life.