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Disease category	Eligibility for referral to the Hong Kong Children's Hospital
Brain tumour	Posterior fossa tumour Medulloblastoma Ependymoma Pilocytic astrocytoma Brainstem tumour Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) Supratentorial region tumour (e.g. low grade glioma) Optic pathway tumour Germ cell tumour Pituitary region tumour Pineal region tumour Intraventricular tumour Neurofibromatosis, tuberous sclerosis, von-Hippel Lindau related tumour Skull bone tumour
Spinal tumour	Intradural or extradural tumour Intramedullary or extramedullary tumour Peripheral nerve sheath tumour Acute spinal cord compression
Hydrocephalus	Obstructive or communicating hydrocephalus Ventriculo-peritoneal or ventriculo-atrial shunt Endoscopic third ventriculostomy
Other spinal conditions	Chiari malformation Syringomyelia Spina bifida Open or closed neural tube defect Tethered cord syndrome Fatty filum Dermal sinus tract Lipomyelomeningocele
Craniosynostosis	Syndromal or non-syndromal craniosynostosis Isolated or multiple sraniosynostosis Metopic, coronal, sagittal, lamboid craniosynostosis
Neuro-vascular conditions	Congenital arterio-venous malformation Cerebral aneurysm Cerebral cavernous malformation Moyamoya disease Stroke
Epilepsy Surgery	Lesional or non-lesional epilepsy Temporal or extra-temporal epilepsy Resection surgery Neuro-modulation therapy e.g. vagal nerve stimulator

Outpatient referrals can be submitted to the HKCH Specialist Outpatient Clinic by the patient via HA Go app, email (hkchsopcbooking@ha.org.hk), or fax (3512 7579). It can also be faxed to the Neurosurgery Office (fax: 2459 4278).
For special conditions or direct communication, please contact the Neurosurgery team through the hospital operator (tel: 3513 3888) or WhatsApp (5741 3156)