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Such a disconnection of an entire hemisphere is followed by reorganizational processes.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> We describe an acute aggravation of behavioral problems following a hemispherotomy in a patient treated with valproic acid, which subsided once valproate was discontinued.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> A 9-year-old boy with drug-resistant epilepsy caused by the residua of a perinatal stroke treated for several years with valproic acid and lamotrigine underwent hemispherotomy. Shortly after surgery, minimal preoperative behavioral problems intensified dramatically, and aggression occurred as a new symptom. Assuming a correlation between valproate treatment and the postoperative altered neuronal network, we tapered off valproate. The behavioral problems decreased in intensity with the reduction of valproate dose and disappeared after drug discontinuation.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> We describe severe behavioral problems after hemispherotomy that subsided when valproate was tapered off. 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