Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy versus amygdalar epilepsy: Late seizure recurrence after initially successful amygdalotomy and regained seizure control following hippocampectomy

• Published in: Epileptic disorders Vol. 2; no. 3; pp. 141 - 151
• Main Author: Wieser, Heinz Gregor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Montrouge Libbey Eurotext 01.09.2000
• Subjects: Adult; Amygdala - physiopathology; Amygdala - surgery; amygdalar epilepsy; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Mapping; Dominance, Cerebral - physiology; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy, Complex Partial - diagnosis; Epilepsy, Complex Partial - physiopathology; Epilepsy, Complex Partial - surgery; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe - diagnosis; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe - physiopathology; Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe - surgery; Follow-Up Studies; Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy; Hippocampus - physiopathology; Hippocampus - surgery; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Postoperative Complications - diagnosis; Postoperative Complications - physiopathology; Postoperative Complications - surgery; Recurrence; Reoperation; selective amygdalohippocampectomy; stereotactic electrocoagulation of amygdala; stereo‐EEG; Hippocampectomy; Human; Nervous system diseases; Electrocoagulation; Complex partial epilepsy; Instrumentation therapy; Male; Stereotaxia; Electroencephalography; Amygdalotomy; Differential diagnostic; Cerebral disorder; Case study; Electrodiagnosis; Treatment; Surgery; Central nervous system disease; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Evolution; Comparative study

ABSTRACT We summarise the concept of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and the pros and cons in order to define amygdala epilepsy. We present a patient with stereotactically proven right amygdalar seizure onset, associated with fear and vegetative autonomic signs and symptoms as the most prominent clini...