Abstract:BACKGROUND
Drug-resistant epilepsy leads to significant morbidity and mortality. Epilepsy surgery for resection of seizure foci is underused, particularly when a seizure focus is located in eloquent cortex. Epileptogenic networks may lead to neurological deficits out of proportion to a causative lesion. Disruption of the network may lead not only to seizure freedom but also reversal of a neurological deficit.
OBSERVATIONS
A 32-year-old male with new-onset generalized tonic-clonic seizure was found to have an… Show more
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