A 37 yo male, who is a musician, presented with right tempor | Figure 1
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A 37 yo male, who is a musician, presented with right temporal lobe epilepsy. Preoperative workup showed the musical association cortex in the fMRI study was at risk during surgery, so an awake craniotomy for lobectomy was performed. During which the subject continually identified musical notes produced by an iPhone. Currently at 4 year follow-up he is seizure free and continues to be a successful musician. #FunctionalNeurosurgery #EpilepsySurgery
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