Interictal F- FDG PET/computed tomography brain in a case of frontoethmoidal encephalocele.

Encephaloceles, also known as meningoencephaloceles, are a group of neurological disorders characterized by herniation of the cerebral parenchyma along with overlying meninges through openings in the skull bone. They can be seen following congenital defect in neural tube closure or acquired defect in the skull bone. We report a case of acquired frontoethmoidal encephalocele presenting with drug-refractory epilepsy.

Women with drug-resistant epilepsy: Surgery or pregnancy first?

Objective: We compared women with drug-resistant focal epilepsy who had undergone surgery (WWE-S) with those who were managed medically (WWE-M) for maternal and fetal outcomes of their pregnancies.

Methods: We classified all WWE-S who were enrolled in a prospective registry of epilepsy and pregnancy (1998-2015) as those who underwent the surgery before pregnancy (WWE-SF) or after pregnancy (WWE-PF). The comparator group (WWE-M) was twice that number of age-matched women with focal epilepsy in this registry.