Postoperative myoclonus simulating seizure recurrence: a rare complication of anterior temporal lobectomy.
The unusual case of newly-emerged bilateral myoclonus in a 39-year-old man following anterior temporal lobectomy, which cured his temporal lobe epilepsy, is reported. The possible causes and differential diagnosis between epileptic and non-epileptic myoclonus following epilepsy surgery are presented and a brief review of the available literature on the subject is reported.
Koutroumanidis
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Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, King's College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, UK.
Hennessy
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Chandler
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000175:diagnosis; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome