Intraventricular dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor: case report.

OBJECTIVE

The most common localization of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (DNTs) is the supratentorial cortex, often in the temporal lobe. However, intraventricular localization of a DNT is extremely rare.

CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A 30-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of epileptic seizures. The seizures had not been controlled despite standard doses of antiepileptics.

INTERVENTION: Neuroimaging results demonstrated a lesion located in the occipital horn of the right lateral ventricle. The lesion was totally removed. Based on histopathological and immunohistochemical evaluation, a DNT was diagnosed. Over the course of the next 8 months, the patient's epileptic seizures were under control. The most recent neuroimaging examinations revealed neither residual nor recurrent tumor.

CONCLUSION

Because DNTs are surgically curable and neither radiotherapy nor chemotherapy is required after surgery, recognition of an intraventricular DNT in this location is extremely important.