Dysplastic gangliocytoma and intractable partial seizures in childhood.
We describe the clinical, radiologic, and EEG features of 3 children who had dysplastic gangliocytomas of the cerebral hemispheres and drug resistant partial seizures that began in infancy. Following cortical resection, 2 are seizure-free and the third almost seizure-free. The dysplastic gangliocytoma may be an important and surgically remediable cause of very early malignant partial seizures.
Duchowny
M S
MS
Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Miami Children's Hospital, FL 33155.
Resnick
T J
TJ
Alvarez
L
L
D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005729:Ganglioneuroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed