title: Progressive biological behavior of a dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor.
abstract: We present the case of a 13-month-old girl with a right occipital cortical alteration on MRI that proved to be a growing lesion. Tumor growth had been observed over a period of 15 months before total resection was performed, revealing a dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor WHO grade I. This case shows that dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors can present as growing neoplasias. It underlines the importance of obtaining histologic diagnosis and close follow-up examinations using MRI, even in so-called stable lesions that are only unveiling through epileptic seizures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. preuss@kinderneurochirurgie-leipzig.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Preuss
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nestler
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Zühlke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuchelmeister
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Neubauer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jödicke
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018450:Disease Progression; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018302:Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery