Temporal lobe epilepsy: an extrahypothalamic pathogenesis for polycystic ovarian syndrome?
In a random sample of 20 women with temporal lobe epilepsy (complex partial seizures, CPS), we found 5 women with the polycystic ovarian syndrome. This finding in a small sample suggests a fivefold overrepresentation of polycystic ovarian syndrome among women with CPS. Clinical and experimental data support the notion that CPS and polycystic ovarian syndrome either favor a mutual development or are parallel effects of a common pathogenesis.
D000328:Adult; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*