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15340814

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-1
pubmed:abstractText
OBJECTIVES AND IMPORTANCE: It is important to evaluate the seizure manifestation of epilepsy before surgical planning. A patient with partial epilepsy manifesting hypersalivation who underwent resection of the epileptogenic foci with satisfactory postoperative seizure control is reported. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION: A 26-year-old man, with a history of perinatal asphyxia, started having medically intractable partial epilepsy at the age of 10 years. His seizure was characterized by throat discomfort followed by hypersalivation. Brain MRI showed an atrophic lesion around the peri-Sylvian area. Scalp recorded EEG did not demonstrate robust epileptiform activity localized enough to define the epileptogenic zone. The patient underwent invasive recording by multiple subdural electrode grids, which showed that the seizure arose from the left anterior frontal operculum. After resection of epileptogenic opercular cortex, the seizures disappeared with no additional neurological deficits. CONCLUSION: Although the responsible sites for ictal drooling are distributed in multiple areas including insula, medial temporal area and operculum, the seizure can be successfully controlled by focus resection of the frontal opercular area in a selected patient with careful presurgical evaluation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0001-6268
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
146
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1021-5; discussion 1026
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-1-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Surgical treatment of seizures from the peri-Sylvian area by perinatal insult: a case report of ictal hypersalivation.
pubmed:affiliation
Human Brain Research Center, Departmrnt of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't