Nodding attacks (infantile spasms) associated with temporal lobe astrocytoma--case report.
A 2-year-old boy suffered nodding attacks (infantile spasms) that were refractory to anticonvulsants. Computed tomography showed a mass with cystic components in the right temporal lobe, and electroencephalography (EEG) disclosed polyspike and wave discharges in the bilateral temporoparietal regions. At surgery, a firm, gray, well circumscribed tumor was radically removed. The nodding attacks disappeared immediately after surgery and EEG improved gradually. The pathological diagnosis was grade 1 astrocytoma with abundant capillaries and calcospherites. He remained free of seizures during the following 6 years.
Morimoto
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Abekura
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Nii
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Nakatani
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Hayakawa
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Mogami
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D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology