title: [Lipoma of the corpus callosum in an infant with seizures].
abstract: A 3 month-old boy was admitted because of short convulsions commencing with a peculiar grin. A lipoma of the corpus callosum was diagnosed by X-ray of the skull, cranial ultrasound, CT and magnetic resonance tomography. Following treatment with phenobarbital convulsions were not observed any longer. Surgical removal of the tumour was not indicated.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Allgemeine Pädiatrie, Universitäts-Kinderklinik Kiel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kreller-Laugwitz
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Oppermann
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology; D004453:Echoencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Balkenlipom bei einem Säugling mit Krampfanfällen.