Epileptic Disorders
MENUEpilepsy and perisylvian lipoma/cortical dysplasia complex Volume 1, numéro 1, Mars 1999
Illustrations
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 [...]