Extraventricular subependymal giant cell tumor in a child with tuberous sclerosis complex

J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2009 Jul;4(1):85-90. doi: 10.3171/2009.3.PEDS08225.

Abstract

Subependymal giant cell tumors (SGCTs) are observed in 5-20% of patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) but account for approximately 25% of neurological morbidity. The authors report the case of a 7-year-old girl with TSC and multiple cortical tubers who presented with worsening seizures in the context of the rapid growth of a cystic, calcified, extraventricular SGCT in the right frontal lobe, initially thought to represent a cortical tuber. The tumor and surrounding tubers were excised, and clinical seizures resolved. This is the first report of an extraventricular SGCT in a child with TSC outside the neonatal period.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Neoplasms / etiology
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology*
  • Frontal Lobe / surgery
  • Giant Cell Tumors / diagnostic imaging
  • Giant Cell Tumors / etiology
  • Giant Cell Tumors / pathology
  • Giant Cell Tumors / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Seizures / etiology*
  • Seizures / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberous Sclerosis / complications*
  • Tuberous Sclerosis / pathology