Improvement in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Following Right Anterior Temporal Lobectomy and Amygdalohippocampectomy in a Patient with Refractory Temporal Lobe Epilepsy with Right Mesial Temporal Sclerosis

There are reports of co-occurrence of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). We present a report of a patient with refractory TLE due to hippocampal sclerosis with concomitant OCD on pharmacotherapy for both. She underwent surgery for standard anterior temporal lobectomy with amygdalohippocampectomy and reported improvement in obsessive–compulsive symptoms subsequently. We seek to further evidence of interaction between the two conditions and argue to undertake future research exploration on the same.