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Epilepsy and perisylvian lipoma/cortical dysplasia complex Volume 1, numéro 1, Mars 1999

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Service d’Explorations Fonctionnelles du Système Nerveux, CHU Timone, 264, Rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille, Cedex 05, France
  • Page(s) : 69-73
  • Année de parution : 1999

Cerebral lipomas are congenital malformations composed of mature adipocytes. Although tumor morphology is variable, cerebral lipomas have a more or less extensive vascular network and are always surrounded by a thick capsule adherent to neighboring structures [1]. They account for only 0.1 to 1.3% of brain tumors [2-5]. Cerebral lipomas are usually located in the midline particularly in the pericallosal region [4, 6]. They are also commonly [...]