lipoma/seizures

A 7-year-old Japanese boy with an intracranial lipoma of the quadrigeminal region and complex partial seizures is reported. Among 28 published patients with lipoma originating in the quadrigeminal plate and ambient cistern, 6 suffered from seizures and 3 were mentally retarded. Our patient's

This report describes a rare case of a patient with lipoma presenting with epileptic seizures associated with expanding perifocal edema. The patient was a 48-year-old man who presented with loss of consciousness and convulsions. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a calcified mass in the

Intracranial lipoma is a very rare condition, with an incidence of less than 0.1% of all intracranial tumors. They are mostly localized in the pericallosal region. Pericallosal lipoma is an extremely rare tumor of the central nervous system and rarely gives any symptoms. A 6-year-old girl with an

A 3 month-old boy was admitted because of short convulsions commencing with a peculiar grin. A lipoma of the corpus callosum was diagnosed by X-ray of the skull, cranial ultrasound, CT and magnetic resonance tomography. Following treatment with phenobarbital convulsions were not observed any longer.

A 39-year-old female patient was having episodes of body stiffness that affected her motor abilities. A lipoma in the corpus callosum was identified by computed tomography. Her condition deteriorated rapidly, and seizures were refractory to any treatment. Seizure frequency and severity increased,

This is a case report on a 16-year-old girl presenting lipoma located in the temporal cerebral lobe, in conjunction with an ever increasing frequency of epileptic seizures, unresponsive to the anticonvulsive treatment carried out. A comprehensive analysis is done of the data concerning clinical