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Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour, commonly abbreviated DNT or DNET, is a type of brain tumour. Defined as "an usually supratentorial glial-neuronal neoplasm occurring in children and young adults and characterized by a predominantly cortical location and by drug-resistant partial seizures" It appears similar to oligodendroglioma, but with visible neurons. It is a benign tumor (Grade I of the WHO classification of brain tumours).〔Salah Uddin ABM, Jarmi T. Oligodendroglioma. eMedicine.com. URL: (http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic281.htm ). Accessed on: April 9, 2007.〕 It can cause epilepsy. ==Treatment== Treatment of DNTs is usually surgical resection. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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