welcome brownie
quite surprising that it was missed by a neuroradiologist but found by a regular doc. ODD. i've learned the hard way that radiologists are more skilled at picking things up off an mri scan than any other profession involved. was my personal experience but has also been reported. sorry to hear yours was missed, but so great your doc found it. and he was right, it is a common cause for TLE.
MTS is medically known as 'scarring in the inner portions of the temporal lobe', and unfortunately the only way to remove (a hard tissue that builds up over time) is surgery. again not only a thing i've learned but also part of many medical journals. *wince* i'm sorry to give you the bare bones, no one likes hearing 'surgery', however if you can, see it as a silver lining in the respect that there is an option.
i had a lesion caused by cortical dysplasia and an MTS scar removed at the same time here in august, if you have any questions re: scarring or diagnosis or surg, ask away.
when you say 'caught it in time' do you mean in time to prevent scarring via meds?
not quite how it works unfortunately. there has been a medical debate for years re: MTS and what causes what... seizures cause it or MTS causes seizures. i've read in epilepsy journals that the argument will continue however it's likely something that will never be medically proven. preventing further damage once it develops is possible by lowering the amount of seizures, but even with that there are no guarantees as meds that work one year don't 'always' work the next right. damn E
(((hugs))) and the best of luck figuring it all out, and like i said, please ask anything on your mind or msg me if you like. my decision for myself is that the MTS was caused by the seizures due to the amount of them; close to 20 years of simple partials (1000+) and grand mals. can't be proven but that's fine, sounds right to me and as medically it largely comes down to a specialists' opinion, that's all i need
