The spectrum of long‐term epilepsy–associated tumors: long‐term seizure and tumor outcome and neurosurgical aspects

C Luyken, I Blümcke, R Fimmers, H Urbach… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To describe the histologic spectrum and clinical characteristics of patients with
neuroepithelial tumors and drug‐resistant epilepsy and to analyze clinical data and …

Chronic intractable epilepsy as the only symptom of primary brain tumor

HH Morris, ML Estes, R Gilmore, PC Van Ness… - …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
We identified 39 patients with chronic epilepsy (seizures≥ 2 years) proven to have primary
brain tumors. These cases represent∼ 12% of the surgery cases for epilepsy in the same …

An isomorphic subtype of long-term epilepsy-associated astrocytomas associated with benign prognosis

I Blümcke, C Luyken, H Urbach, J Schramm… - Acta …, 2004 - Springer
The semi-benign nature of diffuse astrocytomas is characterized by an increased risk for
tumor recurrence and malignant transformation. In patients with intractable seizures …

A neuropathology-based approach to epilepsy surgery in brain tumors and proposal for a new terminology use for long-term epilepsy-associated brain tumors

I Blumcke, E Aronica, H Urbach, A Alexopoulos… - Acta …, 2014 - Springer
Every fourth patient submitted to epilepsy surgery suffers from a brain tumor.
Microscopically, these neoplasms present with a wide-ranging spectrum of glial or glio …

Surgical treatment of neoplasms associated with medically intractable epilepsy

J Zentner, A Hufnagel, HK Wolf, B Ostertun… - …, 1997 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Surgical treatment in patients with brain tumors and medically intractable
epilepsy is aimed at the removal of the neoplasm and complete seizure control. However, an …

Seizure characteristics and prognostic factors of gliomas

M Kerkhof, CJ Vecht - Epilepsia, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Epilepsy in neuroepithelial tumors is highly prevalent. Neurogliomas (dysembryoplastic
neuroepitheliomas [DNETs] and gangliogliomas) have a seizure incidence of 80–100%, low …

Surgical pathology of temporal lobe epilepsy. Experience with 216 cases

HK Wolf, MG Campos, J Zentner… - … of Neuropathology & …, 1993 - academic.oup.com
The surgical treatment of chronic epilepsies is increasing rapidly. Here we report the
histopathologic findings in 216 consecutive surgical specimens of patients with chronic …

Long-term seizure outcomes in adult patients undergoing primary resection of malignant brain astrocytomas

KL Chaichana, SL Parker, A Olivi… - Journal of …, 2009 - thejns.org
Object Seizures are a common presenting symptom and cause of morbidity for patients with
malignant astrocytomas. The authors set out to determine preoperative seizure …

Surgical pathology of chronic epileptic seizure disorders

HK Wolf, OD Wiestler - Brain pathology, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
The surgical treatment of chronic epilepsies is increasing rapidly and involves
neuropathologists in the care of patients with chronic and medically intractable seizure …

Glioneuronal tumors and medically intractable epilepsy: a clinical study with long-term follow-up of seizure outcome after surgery

E Aronica, S Leenstra, CWM van Veelen, PC van Rijen… - Epilepsy research, 2001 - Elsevier
The present study intends to identify factors that predict postoperative clinical outcome in
patients with gangliogliomas (GG) and dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (DNT). We …