The Daily Mail (London, England), September 21st, 2004
NO ONE can see 18-year-old Sarah Mole's birthmark, but it has made the last five years of her life a torment.
For it is on her brain and causes up to 25 epileptic fits a day.
Now she is waiting for the 16-hour operation which she hopes will at last enable her to lead a normal life.
The rare condition, known as cortical dysplasia, affects fewer than 400 sufferers in Britain. It was diagnosed when Sarah started having fits at the age of 13.
A piece of tissue the size of a plum was removed from her brain and she suffered five days of complete paralysis before spending the next five weeks in...
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