Medulloblastomas,presentation at tertiary care hospital

Aim: to assess the most common age group of patients of medulloblastoma and their symptoms at presentation in a tertiary care hospital. methods: this retrospective cross sectional study was conducted at king khalid university hospital,rayadh,saudi arabia from 1st january 2001 till 31st december 2010. 37 patients were included in the study. result: majority of the patients presented between the ages of 6 to 12 years. 67.5% were males and headache was present in 94.6% patients. cerebellar and long tract signs were present in 64.9%. conclusion: all the male patients between the ages of 6 to 12 years who presented with headache in combination with cerebellar and long tract signs should be seen by a neurosurgeon in order to exclude the infra tentorial tumor.