Psychosis de novo following temporal lobectomy.
A case report of a 61 year-old male with a long history of complex partial seizures is presented. Multiple psychotic symptomatology developed post-operatively. It is argued that these reflect continuing right temporal epileptogenic activity.
Callender
J S
JS
Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen, UK.
Fenton
G W
GW
D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery*; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000209:etiology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors