Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Mike Patterson has a brain condition that caused his seizure during Wednesday's training camp practice, trainer Rick Burkholder said Thursday morning.
Burkholder said the former USC player is on medication to prevent further seizures and could be released from the Lehigh Valley Hospital in Pennsylvania on Thursday after more tests.
As for long-term treatment of the condition -- arteriovenous malformation, the tangling of blood vessels near the skull -- Burkholder said surgery is one of many options.
“In medicine today, there's tons of options,” Burkholder said. “Everybody wants to jump right into surgery and I'm not saying for this particular case, I'm saying with everything, but there's so many other avenues out there. It would be foolish to speculate what's going to happen to Mike.”
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