Transsphenoidal encephalocele presenting as complex partial seizure disorder

A 47-year-old man presented with history of recurrent complex partial seizures of 10 years duration with normal clinical findings. Imaging showed a suspected destructive mass lesion in the sphenoid sinus with widespread erosion of the surrounding bone including the temporal base. Transnasal endoscopic sphenoidotomy showed an encephalocele mass, a rare variant of basal encephalocele. Unusual presentation of an encephalocele as a seizure disorder is described

Quistes aracnoideos de la cisura coroidea y epilepsia parcial compleja / Arachnoid cysts of the choroidien fissure and parcial complex epilepsy

El propósito del presente trabajo es mostrar la asociación de epilepsia parcial compleja con quistes aracnoideos de la fisura coroidea. Examinamos los informes de 71 pacientes portadores de quistes aracnoideos, estudiados por IRM o TAC, 10 fueron quistes de la fisura coroidea. De los 10 pacientes portadores de quistes aracnoideos de la cisura coroidea 5 presentaron antecedentes de epilepsia parcial compleja