Frontal Encephalocele Plus Epilepsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Frontal Encephalocele Plus Epilepsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

An encephalocele is a pathological brain herniation caused by osseous dural defects. Encephaloceles are known to be regions of epileptogenic foci. We describe the case of a 44-year-old woman with refractory epilepsy associated with a frontal skull base encephalocele. Epilepsy surgery for encephaloce...

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Main Authors: Ken Yamazaki, Kohei Kanaya, Takehiro Uda, Tetsuhiro Fukuyama, Makoto Nishioka, Yumi Hoshino, Tomoki Kaneko, Ridzky Firmansyah Hardian, Daisuke Yamazaki, Haruki Kuwabara, Kohei Funato, Tetsuyoshi Horiuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Brain Sciences
Subjects:
encephalocele
refractory epilepsy
intraoperative electroencephalography
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13/1/115

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