Medial Temporal Encephalocele and Medically Intractable Epilepsy: A Tailored Inferior Temporal Lobectomy and Case Report

摘要

BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE: Temporal lobe encephaloceles are increasingly recognized as a potential cause of medically refractory epilepsy and surgical treatment has proven effective. Resection of the encephalocele and associated cortex is often sufficient to provide seizure control. However, it is difficult to determine the extent of adjacent temporal lobe that should be resected. We present a case report and our technique of a tailored inferior temporal pole resection.