Journal article
Hughlings Jackson and the role of the entorhinal cortex in temporal lobe epilepsy: from patient A to Doctor Z
Epilepsy & behavior, Vol.9(3), pp.524-531
11/2006
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.07.017
PMID: 16942917
Abstract
Hughlings Jackson's insightful bedside observations of patients with epilepsy paved the way for the first effective surgical epilepsy treatments. Jackson's most famous case, that of Doctor Z, concerned a medical doctor with partial complex seizures who was reported to have a discrete and circumscribed medial temporal lobe (mTL) lesion on autopsy. Although integral to Jackson's argument for mTL resection, the case remains controversial due to inadequate pathological descriptions of Doctor Z's lesion. This motivated us to describe the case of a patient, whom we call Patient A, who suffered from a form of epilepsy similar to that of Doctor Z, accompanied by a discrete and circumscribed mTL lesion in the exact same location. The lesion, a cavernous hemangioma, spared the hippocampus and was restricted to the lateral aspect of the entorhinal cortex. This finding validates Jackson's original description and suggests that the entorhinal cortex can play a role in seizure genesis.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Hughlings Jackson and the role of the entorhinal cortex in temporal lobe epilepsy: from patient A to Doctor Z
- Creators
- Sahib S Khalsa - Department of Neurology, 1216 MERF, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. sahib-khalsa@uiowa.eduSteven A MooreGary W Van Hoesen
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Epilepsy & behavior, Vol.9(3), pp.524-531
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.07.017
- PMID
- 16942917
- ISSN
- 1525-5050
- eISSN
- 1525-5069
- Grant note
- NS 14944 / NINDS NIH HHS T32 GM007337 / NIGMS NIH HHS P0 NS 19632 / NINDS NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2006
- Academic Unit
- Pathology
- Record Identifier
- 9984047724902771
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