title: [Opercular syndrome after bilateral cerebral surgery: presentation of a case report].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a case of bilateral opercular syndrome after surgery on both cerebral hemispheres.
  
  
  METHODS
  A girl was studied at 3 years of age because of a benign intracranial tumor in the middle region of the brain. At the age of 5 years, the tumor was partially removed through the right hemisphere. Three years latter, the patient was operated through the left hemisphere because of growth in the tumor to the left side of the brain. After the second operation, the patient showed the complete symptomatology of the bilateral opercular syndrome, which did not change during this year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is a case which the presence of a bilateral opercular syndrome seems to be caused by the surgical lesions of both opercular zones.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neurología Pediátrica, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain. ipcastroviejo@terra.es
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pascual-Castroviejo
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Pascual-Pascual
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017034:Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013577:Syndrome