TY - JOUR
T1 - Early surgery of hamartoma of the floor of the fourth ventricle
T2 - A case report
AU - Park, Young Seok
AU - Oh, Min Chul
AU - Kim, Heung Dong
AU - Kim, Dong Seok
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - Epilepsy from hamartoma of the floor of fourth ventricle (HFFV) is very rare, starting in neonate or infantile period, good response to surgery. We report a 3-month-old boy with episodes of medically intractable abnormal eyelid blinking and hemifacial seizure. The episodes began from the first day of life and were unresponsive to medication. A magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed mass lesion on the floor of fourth ventricle, with extended cerebellar peduncle and cerebellar hemisphere. Surgery had been performed two times previously for treatment; only a subtotal resection was performed due to severe bradycardia during the first operation. The patient underwent second operation for gross total removal of tumor. Complete resection of the mass after second surgery resulted in remission of seizures and histopathology revealed hamartoma with hemangiomatous vessel proliferation. Identification of characteristic semiology and associated HFFV can help prediction of intractability even in infant and favoring surgical treatment in early age. To our knowledge, this is the youngest patient who underwent early surgery just after progressing into status for HFFV, showing complete lesion resection resulting in successful seizure outcome. Crown
AB - Epilepsy from hamartoma of the floor of fourth ventricle (HFFV) is very rare, starting in neonate or infantile period, good response to surgery. We report a 3-month-old boy with episodes of medically intractable abnormal eyelid blinking and hemifacial seizure. The episodes began from the first day of life and were unresponsive to medication. A magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed mass lesion on the floor of fourth ventricle, with extended cerebellar peduncle and cerebellar hemisphere. Surgery had been performed two times previously for treatment; only a subtotal resection was performed due to severe bradycardia during the first operation. The patient underwent second operation for gross total removal of tumor. Complete resection of the mass after second surgery resulted in remission of seizures and histopathology revealed hamartoma with hemangiomatous vessel proliferation. Identification of characteristic semiology and associated HFFV can help prediction of intractability even in infant and favoring surgical treatment in early age. To our knowledge, this is the youngest patient who underwent early surgery just after progressing into status for HFFV, showing complete lesion resection resulting in successful seizure outcome. Crown
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U2 - 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.03.013
DO - 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.03.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 18485643
AN - SCOPUS:64649098136
VL - 31
SP - 347
EP - 351
JO - Brain and Development
JF - Brain and Development
SN - 0387-7604
IS - 5
ER -