title: Successful epilepsy surgery in a patient with neurosarcoidosis.
abstract: This case concerns a patient with generalized neurosarcoidosis and pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy. Although immunosuppressive therapy resulted in remission of the neurosarcoidosis, seizures continued and were shown to originate from the right temporal lobe (TL). The patient underwent a right anterior temporal lobe resection (TLR) and obtained >90% reduction of seizure frequency.
authors.affiliation: Section of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Göteborg, Sweden. kristina.malmgren@neuro.gu.se
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Malmgren
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lycke
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Engman
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hedström
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jönsson
authors.forename: Bertil
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rydenhag
authors.forename: Claes
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nordborg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome