title: Intractable seizures, compulsions, and coprolalia: a pediatric case study.
abstract: A 10-year-old girl with intractable complex partial seizures developed aphasia, coprolalia, and repetitive motor behaviors involving touching, sexual touching, and aggressive acts. Her symptoms subsided following surgical resection of a left anterior temporal lobe ganglioglioma and control of seizures. Possible neurobehavioral implications of the reversibility of this patient's symptoms are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Research Group, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caplan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Comair
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Shewmon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Chugani
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Peacock
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*