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mesial temporal sclerosis
A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bennett Machanic answered
52 years experience Neurology
Congenital: Typically involves abnormality over the inner temporal lobe of brain, and can be associated with complex partial seizures. Likely of hereditary causa ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bennett Machanic answered
52 years experience Neurology
Abnormal area: Either congenital or genetic focal abnormality over middle area of temporal lobe which can be site of possible seizure activity, and excision might be ... Read More
A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Andrew Reeves answered
30 years experience Neurology
Surgery: Seizures from mts are often hard to control. Those patients are often good candidates for anterior temporal lobectomy surgery to remove the mts area. ... Read More
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bennett Machanic answered
52 years experience Neurology
Congenital lesion: MTS is often associated with complex partial seizures, and these may well be present, somewhat subclinical, and causing her cognitive issues. Get an ... Read More
A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Kenneth Liu answered
20 years experience Neurosurgery
Your decision.: If you have a seizure disorder from mesial temporal sclerosis, anterior temporal lobectomy is just one of the treatment options that are available to ... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Theodore Spinks answered
22 years experience Neurosurgery
Yes: Often these problems can be controlled with medication. If that doesn't work, then evaluation for possible surgery is appropriate. However, in eithe ... Read More
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bennett Machanic answered
52 years experience Neurology
No: Mesial temporal sclerosis is NOT a disease, but rather an anatomical asymmetry in the brain due to focal scarring and injury to one temporal lobe. Th ... Read More
A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ronald Krauser answered
52 years experience Rheumatology
? wrong diagnosis: Pmr and temporal arteritis would be extremely rare in a 39 year old. Was your temporal arteritis confirmed by a temporal artery biopsy? The one reason ... Read More
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bennett Machanic answered
52 years experience Neurology
An asymptomatic AVM: Is best followed over time by serial mri's, and most neurosurgeons would not intervene aggressively in absence of a complication due to the vascular m ... Read More
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A 18-year-old male asked:
Dr. Bennett Machanic answered
52 years experience Neurology
Need chronically: Some advice, there are pills available, but where you live, might be tough to get. Nonetheless, do not miss your injections, and add Vitamin D-3 abou ... Read More
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