Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 245-247, December 2008

Non-febrile Seizure Associated with Pericallosal Lipoma

  • Mehmet Davutoglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Kahramanmaras, TR-46050, Turkey
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  • Yakup Yesil

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Neurology Maresal Cakmak Military Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey
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  • Abdulkadir Asan

      Affiliations

    • Radiology Maresal Cakmak Military Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey
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  • Hikmet Dolu

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Maresal Cakmak Military Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey
    • ,
  • Hamza Karabiber

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Maresal Cakmak Military Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey

Received 26 March 2007; received in revised form 16 June 2007; accepted 19 September 2008.

Article Outline

Intracranial lipoma is a very rare condition, with an incidence of less than 0.1% of all intracranial tumors. They are mostly localized in the pericallosal region. Pericallosal lipoma is an extremely rare tumor of the central nervous system and rarely gives any symptoms.

A 6-year-old girl with an unexplained headache was admitted to the Pediatric Outpatient Clinic with complaints of non-febrile seizure. Her seizure was a complex-partial type. Biochemical tests for seizure etiology did not reveal any specific cause. Electroencephalography (EEG) revealed typical epileptic activity. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gave images of a mass approximately 1 cm in diameter in the vicinity of corpus callosum splenium. Her seizures were kept under control with carbamazepine (400 mg/day) and indicators of neuromotor development were found to be normal throughout 24-month period of follow up. Even though it is a rare condition, pericallosal lipoma should also be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of non-febrile seizures in children.

Key Words:  infracranial lipoma , seizure

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PII: S1875-9572(09)60019-X

doi:10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60019-X

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 49, Issue 6 , Pages 245-247, December 2008

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