title: Exacerbation of vocal tics after temporal lobectomy.
abstract: We describe a woman with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy secondary to dysgenesis of the left temporal lobe who had a marked and long-term exacerbation of her preexisting vocal tics after a temporal lobectomy that completely controlled her seizures. The patient was determined to have right-sided speech dominance by the Wada test. This is, to our knowledge, only the second reported case of exacerbation of tics after resection of the nondominant temporal lobe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Lebanon.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sinno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Amin
authors.forename: H El
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Comair
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mikati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D038481:Anterior Temporal Lobectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020323:Tics / Q000209:etiology*; D014741:Video Recording