Progressive hippocampal atrophy in chronic intractable temporal lobe epilepsy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report on a 28-year-old man with long-standing intractable complex partial and secondary generalized seizures, whose magnetic resonance imaging scans 4 years apart documented progressive decrease in the left hippocampal volume. Left anterior temporal lobectomy with amygdalohippocampectomy rendered the patient seizure free at 12 months' follow-up. The findings demonstrate that patients with uncontrolled temporal lobe seizures may develop progressive atrophy of the hippocampus, in the absence of status epilepticus.
Medical subject headings
- Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
- Hippocampus