We report the case of a patient with epilepsy who had interictal severe affective aggression, and whose epilepsy significantly improved (but not aggression) after successful temporal lobectomy. Olanzapine significantly improved these aggressive episodes refractory to neurosurgery and previous pharmacological treatments including antipsychotics, anticonvulsants/mood stabilizers and benzodiazepines.
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