Surprise finding 5 years after stereotactic amygdalotomy.
Before extinction of an epileptogenic focus exclusion of an intracranial tumor or an angioma by EEG, isotope and contrast medium diagnosis must be attempted. A case history is presented of a patient in whom a malignant glioma was discovered 5 years after stereotactic treatment for epilepsy.
D000328:Adult; D000679:Amygdala / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D013997:Time Factors