Complex Partial Seizures Associated with a Temporomandibular Joint Defect |
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| Authors: | Hadley A. Clarke George A. Ojemann Mark S. Yerby |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195. |
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| Abstract: | A case of a 32-year-old man is reported with complex partial seizures secondary to a right inferior temporal epileptic focus immediately overlying an abnormality of the temporomandibular joint, with a defect in the middle temporal fossa that allowed the mandibular condyle to contuse the temporal lobe. |
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| Keywords: | Complex partial seizures Temporomandibular joint Neurologic surgery |
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