Successful epilepsy surgery in a patient with neurosarcoidosis.
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.
Malmgren
Kristina
K
Section of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Göteborg, Sweden. kristina.malmgren@neuro.gu.se
Lycke
Jan
J
Engman
Elisabeth
E
Hedström
Anders
A
Jönsson
Lars
L
Rydenhag
Bertil
B
Nordborg
Claes
C
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