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- Title
Endovascular ablation of a temporal lobe epileptogenic focus – a complication of Wada testing.
- Authors
Ammerman, J. M.; Caputy, A. J.; Potolicchio, S. J.
- Abstract
Ammerman JM, Caputy AJ, Potolicchio SJ. Endovascular ablation of a temporal lobe epileptogenic focus – A complication of Wada testing. Acta Neurol Scand 2005: 112: 189–191 © Blackwell Munksgaard 2005. The authors report on a patient with a long history of medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. During pre-operative evaluation for anterior temporal lobectomy he underwent a Wada test for speech and memory lateralization. During the procedure, he suffered a focal cerebral infarct, within the right medial temporal lobe, at the site of the epileptic focus. This resulted in the resolution of his seizure disorder. The possibility of endovascular management of seizure disorders of the temporal lobe should be investigated further as a potentially minimal invasive therapeutic option for medically intractable epilepsy.
- Subjects
MEDICAL lasers; WADA test; DIAGNOSTIC use of amobarbital; CEREBRAL dominance testing; EPILEPSY
- Publication
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2005, Vol 112, Issue 3, p189
- ISSN
0001-6314
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00459.x