Complex partial seizures associated with a temporomandibular joint defect.
A case of a 32-year-old man is reported with complex partial seizures secondary to a right inferior temporal epileptic focus immediately overlying an abnormality of the temporomandibular joint, with a defect in the middle temporal fossa that allowed the mandibular condyle to contuse the temporal lobe.
Clarke
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HA
Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
Ojemann
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GA
Yerby
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D000328:Adult; D003399:Craniotomy; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed