Epileptic Syndrome and Cranioplasty: Implication of Reconstructions in the Electroencephalogram.

Background: In the presence of a skull deformity after large decompressive craniectomy (DC), neurologic deterioration manifesting as epileptic syndrome (ES) may occur independently of the primary disease or spontaneous improvement may be unduly impaired, and these unfavorable outcomes have sometimes been reversed by cranioplasty. The objective of this study was to analyze the influence of cranioplasty on the presence of ES in patients who underwent DC.

Methods: A prospective study was performed from October 2016 to October 2017 involving patients who underwent DC and subsequent cranioplasty.

Ruptured aneurysm in the posterior communicating segment of carotid artery presenting with contralateral oculomotor nerve palsy.

Background: Brain aneurysms are mostly discovered during the investigation of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Some patients present neurological signs that may suggest the aneurysm's topography, and the oculomotor nerve palsy (ONP) of the same side of the aneurysm is the most common sign. Only one case report of contralateral palsy was previously described in the medical literature.