Hippocampal sclerosis in a two-year-old with temporal lobe epilepsy: case report with pathological confirmation

C C Kanos; K G Davies; T O'Brien; F C Dohan Jr

doi:10.1159/000028960

Hippocampal sclerosis in a two-year-old with temporal lobe epilepsy: case report with pathological confirmation

Pediatr Neurosurg. 2000 Jun;32(6):316-20. doi: 10.1159/000028960.

Authors

C C Kanos¹, K G Davies, T O'Brien, F C Dohan Jr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tenn, USA.

PMID: 10971193
DOI: 10.1159/000028960

Abstract

The case of a 2-year-old girl who underwent anterior temporal lobectomy for intractable epilepsy is described. Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) was present on histopathological examination. We believe this to be one of the youngest reported patients with pathologically confirmed HS. This has implications for the possible etiology of HS.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Child, Preschool
Epilepsy, Complex Partial / etiology
Epilepsy, Complex Partial / pathology*
Epilepsy, Complex Partial / surgery
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / etiology
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / pathology*
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / surgery
Female
Gliosis / complications
Hippocampus / pathology*
Hippocampus / surgery
Humans
Kindling, Neurologic
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neurons / pathology
Sclerosis / complications