Beneficial effect of epilepsy surgery in a case of childhood non-paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis.

Authors :: Muehlebner A
Groeppel G
Pahs G
Hainfellner JA
Prayer D
Czech T
Feucht M
Source :: Epilepsy research [Epilepsy Res] 2010 Aug; Vol. 90 (3), pp. 295-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jun 12.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: This 15-year-old girl had subacute onset of secondary generalized seizures, confusion, and subsequent memory decline. MRI showed bilateral hippocampal swelling progressing to unilateral mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) within 12 months. Epilepsy surgery was performed, and laboratory data were consistent with non-paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis. 18 months after epilepsy surgery, the patient is seizure-free with stable cognitive functions.

Subjects :: Adolescent
Female
Hippocampus pathology
Humans
Limbic Encephalitis complications
Limbic Encephalitis pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Sclerosis complications
Sclerosis pathology
Sclerosis surgery
Seizures etiology
Seizures pathology
Treatment Outcome
Hippocampus surgery
Limbic Encephalitis surgery
Seizures surgery

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