[The sign of the cross: a very rare automatism in temporal lobe epilepsy. Two case reports].

Introduction: In the evaluation of drug-resistant epilepsy (DRF), a detailed analysis of the semiology is essential to establish a diagnostic hypothesis of the location of the epileptogenic zone. Cross-sign (CS) is a very infrequent complex manual automatism described for the first time in 2008 and rarely reported in the literature.

Case Report: We present two cases from our series of patients monitored by videoEEG, one of whom also studied with deep electrodes, in which we describe the location of the discharge while performing the CS.

Selection of patients for percutaneous closure in nonlacunar cryptogenic stroke associated with patent foramen ovale. Data from the NORDICTUS cooperative registry.

Introduction: There is an extending use of percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) as therapy for PFO-associated cryptogenic strokes. The aim of our study was to investigate the clinical practice of percutaneous closure of PFO and to analyse the variables for decision-making on the selection of patients for this procedure.

Method: A prospective observational multicentric survey was conducted using all the cases of cryptogenic stroke/transient ischaemic attack associated with PFO recorded in the NORDICTUS hospital registry during the period 2018-2021.

Encephalopathy and encephalitis during acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Spanish Society of Neurology COVID-19 Registry.

Objectives: Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Spanish Society of Neurology has run a registry of patients with neurological involvement for the purpose of informing clinical neurologists. Encephalopathy and encephalitis were among the most frequently reported complications. In this study, we analyse the characteristics of these complications.

Cardiac arrhythmias in stroke unit patients. Evaluation of the cardiac monitoring data.

Introduction: Cardiac arrhythmias are frequent in acute stroke. Stroke units are widely equipped with cardiac monitoring systems. Pre-existing heart diseases and heart-brain interactions may be implicated in causing cardiac arrhythmias in acute stroke.