Hippocampal Sclerosis in a Two-Year-Old with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Case Report with Pathological Confirmation

The case of a 2-year-old girl who underwent anterior temporal lobectomy for intractable epilepsy is described. Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) was present on histopathological examination. We believe this to be one of the youngest reported patients with pathologically confirmed HS. This has implications...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric neurosurgery 2000-06, Vol.32 (6), p.316-320
Hauptverfasser:	Kanos, Charles C., Davies, Keith G., O’Brien, Thomas, Dohan Jr, F. Curtis
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Factors Biological and medical sciences Case Report Child, Preschool Epilepsy, Complex Partial - etiology Epilepsy, Complex Partial - pathology Epilepsy, Complex Partial - surgery Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe - etiology Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe - pathology Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe - surgery Female Gliosis - complications Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy Hippocampus - pathology Hippocampus - surgery Humans Kindling, Neurologic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medical sciences Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Neurons - pathology Sclerosis - complications
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Zusammenfassung:	The case of a 2-year-old girl who underwent anterior temporal lobectomy for intractable epilepsy is described. Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) was present on histopathological examination. We believe this to be one of the youngest reported patients with pathologically confirmed HS. This has implications for the possible etiology of HS.
ISSN:	1016-2291 1423-0305
DOI:	10.1159/000028960