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Descriptor English: Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
Descriptor Spanish: Lobectomía Temporal Anterior
Descriptor lobectomía temporal anterior
Scope note: Procedimiento neuroquirúrgico que elimina el LÓBULO TEMPORAL anterior incluyendo las estructuras temporales mediales de la CORTEZA CEREBRAL, AMÍGDALA CEREBRAL, HIPOCAMPO y la adyacente CIRCUNVOLUCIÓN PARAHIPOCÁMPICA. Generalmente, este procedimiento se usa para el tratamiento de la epilepsia temporal intratable (EPILEPSIA DEL LÓBULO TEMPORAL).
Descriptor Portuguese: Lobectomia Temporal Anterior
Descriptor French: Lobectomie temporale antérieure
Entry term(s): Lobectomy, Anterior Temporal
Tree number(s): E04.043
E04.525.044
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D038481
Scope note: A neurosurgical procedure that removes the anterior TEMPORAL LOBE including the medial temporal structures of CEREBRAL CORTEX; AMYGDALA; HIPPOCAMPUS; and the adjacent PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS. This procedure is generally used for the treatment of intractable temporal epilepsy (EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE).
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
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Previous Indexing: Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe (1965-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Related: Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe MeSH
DeCS ID: 37568
Unique ID: D038481
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2017/06/02
Anterior Temporal Lobectomy - Preferred
Concept UI M0416070
Scope note A neurosurgical procedure that removes the anterior TEMPORAL LOBE including the medial temporal structures of CEREBRAL CORTEX; AMYGDALA; HIPPOCAMPUS; and the adjacent PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS. This procedure is generally used for the treatment of intractable temporal epilepsy (EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE).
Preferred term Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
Entry term(s) Lobectomy, Anterior Temporal



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