Abstract
The clinical, radiologic and EEG features of three children with dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebral hemispheres and drug resistant partial seizures are described from the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and Department of Neurology, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL.
Highlights
In ependymomas, seme responses to chemotherapy have been noted in recurrent tunors but a~consistently effective drug program has not been identified
Non-Hodgkin lynphema of the brain is being reported with increasing frequency in patients with AIDS and is projected to be one of the most cannon neurologic neoplasms within several years
With the recent advances in chemotherapy and the concerns regarding adverse effects of radiotherapy, oncologists are playing a larger role in the treatment of brain tunors in children
Summary
Seme responses to chemotherapy have been noted in recurrent tunors but a~consistently effective drug program has not been identified. Non-Hodgkin lynphema of the brain is being reported with increasing frequency in patients with AIDS and is projected to be one of the most cannon neurologic neoplasms within several years. The long-term adverse effects of therapy of brain tunors have assuned greater importance since increasing nurbers of children survive treatment programs.
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