Cerebellar Astrocytoma
Cerebellar Astrocytoma

A low power view of a cerebellar astrocytoma, showing a mildly hypercellular white matter.
This is the most common posterior fossa tumor of children.
The other two posterior fossa tumors of childhood are medulloblastoma and ependymoma.
(Description By:Margaret Grunnet, M.D. )
(Image Contrib. by:Margaret Grunnet, M.D. UCHC )