Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor: a curable cause of seizures.
Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT) was first characterized in 1988 by Daumas-Duport and Scheithauer [1], who described 39 cases in children with morphologically distinct brain tumors. Partial complex seizures (PCSs), well-defined neuroimages, and typical pathologic findings were characteristic. Surgical resection of the tumor was usually curative. We present a new case of a child with PCSs who was diagnosed and treated for DNT. The clinical presentation and the difficulties of the differential diagnosis are discussed.
Weissman
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Kupat Holim Community Health Center, Rosh Haayin, Israel.
Michowitz
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Shuper
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Kornreich
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Amir
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D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004832:Epilepsy, Absence / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011324:Primidone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D011324:Primidone; D008774:Methylphenidate; D002220:Carbamazepine