Intractable seizures, compulsions, and coprolalia: a pediatric case study

J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1992 Summer;4(3):315-9. doi: 10.1176/jnp.4.3.315.

Abstract

A 10-year-old girl with intractable complex partial seizures developed aphasia, coprolalia, and repetitive motor behaviors involving touching, sexual touching, and aggressive acts. Her symptoms subsided following surgical resection of a left anterior temporal lobe ganglioglioma and control of seizures. Possible neurobehavioral implications of the reversibility of this patient's symptoms are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / physiopathology*
  • Brain Neoplasms / psychology
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Child
  • Child Behavior Disorders / physiopathology
  • Child Behavior Disorders / psychology
  • Child Behavior Disorders / surgery
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
  • Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / physiopathology*
  • Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / psychology
  • Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neuroblastoma / physiopathology*
  • Neuroblastoma / psychology
  • Neuroblastoma / surgery
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / physiopathology*
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / psychology
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / surgery
  • Stereotyped Behavior / physiology
  • Temporal Lobe / physiopathology*
  • Temporal Lobe / surgery
  • Verbal Behavior / physiology*