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

Overview of attention for article published in Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, December 2016
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Title
Refractory epilepsy in children with brain tumors. The urgency of neurosurgery
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, December 2016
DOI 10.1590/0004-282x20160157
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Marília Rosa Abtibol Bernardino, Carolina Funayama, Ana Paula Andrade Hamad, Hélio Machado, Américo Sakamoto, Ursula Thome, Vera Cristina Terra, Antonio Carlos dos Santos, Luciano Nader Serafani, Nathalia Cunha Calixto, Huria Shalom Monturil de Carvalho Silva

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 the tumor was 3.6 years, and from diagnosis to the surgery, 18 months. The location of the tumor was in the temporal lobe in 16, with ganglioglioma and dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors being the most frequent. Among the patients, 92.5% and 90.4% were seizure-free in the first and fifth year after surgery, respectively. Twelve of 16 children were successful in becoming drug-free, with complete withdrawal by 3.2 years. Surgery proved to be potentially curative and safe in these cases, suggesting that the tumor diagnosis and surgery cannot be postponed.

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Unknown 25 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 6 24%
Researcher 2 8%
Student > Postgraduate 2 8%
Other 1 4%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 4%
Other 6 24%
Unknown 7 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 6 24%
Neuroscience 3 12%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 4%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 4%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 9 36%
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#17,285,668
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#757
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#8
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