Exacerbation of vocal tics after temporal lobectomy.
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.
Sinno
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Department of Pediatrics, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Lebanon.
Al-Amin
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Amin
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Comair
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Mikati
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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