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Case Reports
. 2006 Nov;9(3):532-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.07.015. Epub 2006 Aug 28.

Olanzapine for recurrent excessive irritability and psychotic symptoms after mesial temporal lobectomy in a patient with temporal lobe epilepsy

Maila de Castro Lourenço das Neves  1 , Mirian Fabíola Studart Gurgel Mendes, Andréa Julião de Oliveira, Erika Machado Viana, Aila de Guadalupe, Hélio Lauar de Barros, Jaime Eduardo Cecílio Hallak, José Maurício Siqueira, João Vinícius Salgado
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Olanzapine for recurrent excessive irritability and psychotic symptoms after mesial temporal lobectomy in a patient with temporal lobe epilepsy

Maila de Castro Lourenço das Neves et al. Epilepsy Behav. 2006 Nov.

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with temporal lobe epilepsy, nonresponsive to antiepileptic drugs, who became seizure-free, but developed recurrent excessive irritability and psychotic symptoms after successful mesial temporal lobectomy. This patient was refractory to various pharmacological treatments including antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and benzodiazepines before being successfully treated with olanzapine.

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