Symptoms

Children with astrocytoma may experience the following symptoms. Sometimes, children with astrocytoma do not show any of these symptoms. Or, these symptoms may be caused by a medical condition that is not a tumor. If you are concerned about a symptom on this list, please talk with your child’s doctor.

The child may have headaches, be lethargic (tired and listless), or have seizures that are not related to a high fever. He or she may have eyesight problems, such as double vision, and the child may have altered growth or development.

In a baby, the only symptom may be that the head is growing too fast. An infant’s skull can expand to make room for a growing tumor in the brain, so a baby with astrocytoma may have a larger than normal head.