Elsevier

Pediatric Neurology

Volume 5, Issue 5, September–October 1989, Pages 327-329
Pediatric Neurology

Case report
Intracranial tumors and West syndrome

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Abstract

Two infants, 6 and 7 months of age, are reported with both West syndrome and cerebral tumors. In both patients, initial neurologic examinations were normal and tumor diagnoses were determined through routine imaging studies. Initial response to adrenocorticotrophic hormone treatment did not differ from that observed in patients with cryptogenic West syndrome. Early treatment of West syndrome and resection of tumor, when possible, may offer successful treatment of patients with both benign brain tumors and West syndrome.

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