title: Intracranial tumors and West syndrome.
abstract: Two infants, 6 and 7 months of age, are reported with both West syndrome and cerebral tumors. In both patients, initial neurologic examinations were normal and tumor diagnoses were determined through routine imaging studies. Initial response to adrenocorticotrophic hormone treatment did not differ from that observed in patients with cryptogenic West syndrome. Early treatment of West syndrome and resection of tumor, when possible, may offer successful treatment of patients with both benign brain tumors and West syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Pediatric Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ruggieri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caraballo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fejerman
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone