Temporal Lobe Malformations and Epilepsy

Abstract

Temporal lobe developmental malformations (TLDM) (focal cortical dysplasia and balloon cells) occurred with mesial temporal sclerosis as dual pathologies in 87% of 30 patients with unilateral TLDM and intractable partial epilepsy treated at the UAB Epilepsy Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL.

Keywords

• temporal lobe developmental malformations
• hippocampal
• temporal lobe epilepsy