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Tratamiento quirúrgico de la epilepsia asociada a tumores neuroepiteliales de bajo grado

Resumen Los tumores cerebrales son una causa importante de las epilepsias de difícil manejo, corresponden a un 20-30 % de los casos de cirugía de epilepsia refractaria. En este grupo de pacientes los tumores neuroepiteliales de bajo grado asociados a epilepsia (LEAT) son la principal causa, siendo los ...

Refractory epilepsy in children with brain tumors. The urgency of neurosurgery

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (12), 2016
ABSTRACT In order to verify indications for surgery, 27 patients with refractory epileptic seizures and brain tumor, aged up to 19 years at the time of surgery, were studied between 1996 and 2013 and followed up for at least one year. The mean interval between the onset of seizures and the diagnosis of t...