Subject: ganglioglioma
Subject: focal epilepsy
Subject: temporal lobe
Year: 2020
Type: Article
Title: GANGLIOMA ASSOCIATED WITH FOCAL EPILEPSY
Author: Danilo Nonkulovski
Author: Filip Duma
Author: Lejla Muaremoska Kanzoska
Author: Learta Adili Ademi
Author: Matilda Stojanovska
Author: Maja Tankoska
Author: Julijana Georgievska
Author: Ivona Petkovska Ivanovska
Author: Boro Ilievski
Abstract: Although rare, gangliomas represent the most common tumor entity in young patients suffering from focal epilepsy [1,2]. The current World Health Organization (WHO) classi- fication defines ganglioglioma (GG) as a neoplasm com- posed of neural (ganglion cells) and glial elements, with both components being neoplastic [3].Ganglioglioma accounts for 0.4% to 9% of primary brain tumors and has been described in all parts of the central nervous system, but most commonly comes to clinical attention when present in the cerebral hemispheres, particularly in the temporal lobe [4,5]. We present a 13-year-old boy with repetitive focal seizures. The implemented EEG revealed right focus ofspike-wave complexes. Contrast-enhancedmagnetic resonance showed findings of TU lesion in the right middle temporal lobe. The patient underwent tumor excision. Patohistological diagnosis of the resected tu- mor was ganglioglioma. Postoperatively, the patient wasseizure-free, but the control EEG wasthe same asthe first EEG. In patients with ganglioglioma the appropriate treatment strategy involves not only the complete surgical extir- pation of the tumor, but also relatively early surgical intervention, because such an approach provides maxi- mum chance of an epilepsy cure [6].
Publisher: Македонско лекарско друштво = Macedonian medical association
Relation: Македонски медицински преглед = Macedonian medical review
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/15771
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/15771Identifier: 74
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