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Intractable complex partial seizures associated with posterior cerebral artery giant aneurysm: a case report
E M Yacubian1, S Rosemberg, H C da Silva
1Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil.
Epilepsia
|November 1, 1994
Abstract:
Giant aneurysms have rarely been reported in association with intractable complex partial seizures (CPS). We report a 30-year-old man with intractable CPS since age 18 years. Seizure onset was electrically localized to right temporal lobe. Preoperative neuroimaging studies showed a partially thrombosed giant aneurysm of the right posterior cerebral artery. Selective amygdalohippocampectomy and occlusion of the posterior cerebral artery did not cause deficits. The patient has been seizure-free for 15 months after operation. We review the relevant literature on aneurysms as a cause of epilepsy.