Co-existence of cavernoma and cortical dysplasia in temporal lobe epilepsy

Marco Giulioni; Mino Zucchelli; Patrizia Riguzzi; Gianluca Marucci; Carlo Alberto Tassinari; Fabio Calbucci

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2006.11.013

Co-existence of cavernoma and cortical dysplasia in temporal lobe epilepsy

Marco Giulioni, Mino Zucchelli, Patrizia Riguzzi, Gianluca Marucci, Carlo Alberto Tassinari, Fabio Calbucci

Istituto Scienze Neurologiche

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Abstract

Cavernomas and cortical dysplasia are well-known causes of partial epilepsy. The association between cavernoma and cortical dysplasia in an epileptic patient has not yet been sufficiently documented. We report a case of long-term, drug-resistant, partial left temporal epilepsy associated with a cavernoma. According to the neurophysiological non-invasive presurgical study, the patient was submitted to a tailored left temporal resection. The histopathological study showed the coexistence of cavernoma and cortical dysplasia. This is an interesting combination of epilepsy-related pathologies that have so far not been documented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1122-1124
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
Volume	14
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2006.11.013
Publication status	Published - Nov 2007

Keywords

Cavernoma
Cortical dysplasia
Epilepsy
Epilepsy surgery
Malformation of cortical development

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Clinical Neurology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Neurology

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