Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumors
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Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (DNETs) are World Health Organization grade I tumors and have a low potential for malignant transformation. However, DNETs often affect a patient’s quality of life and can cause medically intractable seizures. The estimated prevalence of DNET is 0.6% to .0.8%; however, they are found in approximately 20% of patients undergoing surgery for epilepsy. Greater than 90% of patients with DNET have onset of epilepsy prior to the age of 20. The most common presentations of DNET are complex partial seizures and simple partial seizures. Generalized tonic–clonic seizures are present in about 50% of patients. Patients are often seizure-free after surgical resection.
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