Febrile seizures as trigger of mesial temporal sclerosis: case report
Mesial temporal sclerosis (synonyms: hippocampal sclerosis, Amon ''s horn sclerosis) is multifactorial, classic epileptogenic brain lesion underlying the limbic or paleocortical mediobasal temporal lobe epilepsy, manifested as resistant epileptic seizures. The article presents a clinical case report of mesial temporal sclerosis in a 25-year-old girl with resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy after secondary generalized tonic febrile seizure in infancy. The questions of etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and current approaches to the treatment of this disease are given.