This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/ENE.14475 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis after temporal lobe resection: an infrequent but treatable complication of epilepsy surgery Running title: Herpetic encephalitis after epilepsy surgery Authors: Javier Martínez-Poles, MD 1,2 ; Rafael Toledano, MD 3,4 ; Ángel Aledo-Serrano, MD 3 , PhD; Klaus Korn, MD 5 ; Roland Coras, MD 6 ; Ingmar Blümcke, MD 6 ; Irene García-Morales, MD, PhD 2,3 ; Juan Álvarez- Linera, MD, PhD 7 ; Antonio Gil-Nagel , MD, PhD 3 1 Neurology Department, Hospital La Luz, Madrid, Spain 2 Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Health Research Institute of The Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain 3 Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Ruber Internacional, Madrid, Spain. 4 Epilepsy Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain 5 Institute of Virology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany. 6 Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospitals, Erlangen, Germany. 7 Radiology Department, Hospital Ruber Internacional, Madrid, Spain Search Terms: temporal lobe epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, herpes simplex virus encephalitis, Submission Type: Case report Title Character count: 125 Number of Figures: 1 Word Count of Paper: 750 Corresponding Author: Javier Martínez-Poles Calle del Prof Martín Lagos, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain javimarpo@gmail.com Financial disclosures: The authors reports no financial disclosures. Study funded: None Accepted Article