Intraventricular dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor: case report.
OBJECTIVE
The most common localization of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (DNTs) is the supratentorial cortex, often in the temporal lobe. However, intraventricular localization of a DNT is extremely rare.


METHODS
A 30-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of epileptic seizures. The seizures had not been controlled despite standard doses of antiepileptics.


METHODS
Neuroimaging results demonstrated a lesion located in the occipital horn of the right lateral ventricle. The lesion was totally removed. Based on histopathological and immunohistochemical evaluation, a DNT was diagnosed. Over the course of the next 8 months, the patient's epileptic seizures were under control. The most recent neuroimaging examinations revealed neither residual nor recurrent tumor.


CONCLUSIONS
Because DNTs are surgically curable and neither radiotherapy nor chemotherapy is required after surgery, recognition of an intraventricular DNT in this location is extremely important.
Altinörs
Nur
N
Department of Neurosurgery, Baskent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Calisaneller
Tarkan
T
Gülşen
Salih
S
Ozen
Ozlem
O
Ongürü
Onder
O
D000328:Adult; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000473:pathology; D016708:Synaptophysin / Q000378:metabolism
D016708:Synaptophysin