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¹Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey
²Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey
³Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey
⁴Department of Pediatric Oncology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University Ankara, Turkey Central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) of infancy and childhood is a unique histological entity with an extremely aggressive natural history. In spite of multiple treatment regimens consisting of maximal surgical resection, radiation therapy, and multiagent aggressive chemotherapy, the prognosis is very poor. Here in this study we analyze the charts, presenting symptoms, imaging studies, surgical procedures and adjuvant therapy modalities of 10 AT/RT patients between 1995 and 2004. Keywords : Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor, Brain tumor, Primitive neuroectodermal tumor