Epilepsy in the nevoid basal-cell carcinoma syndrome (Gorlin syndrome): report of a case due to a focal neuronal heterotopia.
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Abstract
We present a case of uncontrolled temporal lobe epilepsy due to a focal left temporal neuronal heterotopia associated with the nevoid-basal-cell carcinoma syndrome. This is the first pathologically described lesion associated with temporal lobe epilepsy in this syndrome. Because the patient's seizures resolved after a modified left anterior temporal lobectomy, this case illustrates that epilepsy in patients with the nevoid basal-cell carcinoma syndrome is potentially curable and should be investigated appropriately.
Medical subject headings
- Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome
- Brain
- Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe