Temporal Lobe Encephalocele with Epilepsy in A Young Female: An Atypical Presentation of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

Neurol India. 2022 Jul-Aug;70(4):1618-1621. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.355157.

Abstract

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is typically described in a middle-aged female and present with symptoms of headache, transient visual obscuration, photophobia, diplopia, rarely with pulsatile tinnitus. Seizure as a sole manifestation is very rare. Here we present a case of a young non-obese female with epilepsy, and imaging revealed temporal lobe encephalocele with typical imaging features of IIH. She underwent further workup, which confirmed the diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Keywords: Epilepsy; idiopathic intracranial hypertension; temporal lobe encephalocele.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Encephalocele / complications
  • Encephalocele / diagnostic imaging
  • Encephalocele / surgery
  • Epilepsy*
  • Female
  • Headache / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Hypertension*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri* / diagnosis
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri* / diagnostic imaging
  • Temporal Lobe