Post-operative ipsilateral occipital hematoma in a patient with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: A case report
- Author:
Lichao Sun
;
Yang Lv
;
Zhanpeng Zhu
;
Weihong Lin
;
Jiqing Qiu
;
Weihong Lin
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- From:Neurology Asia
2016;21(2):177-180
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report a case of a 35-year-old right-handed male patient with drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe
epilepsy who developed ipsilateral occipital hematoma after right temporal anterior lobectomy and
amygdalohippocampectomy. Patient did not report taking any drugs with anticoagulant effect, such
as aspirin or valproate. There was no past history of hypertension and the pre-operation tests were
normal. Pre-operative brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed no abnormality in the right occipital
lobe. Overdraining of cerebrospinal fluid may have triggered this remote cerebellar hemorrhage.
