Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor: A Review
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BARROW QUARTERLY • Vol. 24, No. 1 • 2008 Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor: A Review I 1988 Dumas-Duport et al. first used the term dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor to describe low-grade tumors found in young patients with intractable partial seizures.4 In 1993 the distinct pathological entity known as DNET was given a place in the WHO classification of brain tumors as a grade I tumor of neuroepithelial origin.3,10,11 Many studies have reported successful surgical management of this low-grade tumor in the treatment of refractory epilepsy. We report the case of a young man who experienced possible seizure activity and was found to have a biopsyproven DNET.
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