Isolated central nervous system Whipple disease.

Background: Whipple disease (WD) is an infection caused by , which might present in three different forms: classical, localized, and isolated in the central nervous system (CNS).

Methods: We report the result of a systematic review of the literature on WD unusually presenting with exclusively neurological symptoms, including two previously unpublished cases. A description of two cases with isolated CNS WD was performed, as well as a literature search in , and .

Cerebellar metastasis of a Liposarcoma: Case report and literature review.

Background: Liposarcoma (LPS) is a rare type of tumor; they come from the adipose tissue. It is the most common type of soft-tissue sarcoma. Every type of LPS has morphological features, immunophenotypic, and molecular pathogenesis characteristics of their own.

Broken surgical blade retrieval following lumbar discectomy through paravertebral/lateral transpsoas approach: A case report.

Background: There are rare reports of broken surgical blades occurring during lumbar discectomy, and even fewer that discuss their retrieval.

Case Description: While a 54-year-old male was undergoing a lumbar discectomy, the knife blade was broken. As it was difficult to retrieve the fragment through the original incision, the patient was closed, and a postoperative angio-computerized tomography (CT) was obtained.

Evolution of patients with surgically treated drug-resistant occipital lobe epilepsy.

Background: This study was to describe the evolution of patients who underwent surgical treatment of drug- resistant occipital lobe epilepsy (OLE) at our institution.

Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of data collected from electronic and paper clinical records of 20 patients who were diagnosed of OLE and underwent epilepsy surgery at our institution between 1998 and 2018. We also contacted patients by telephone and asked them to fill out a questionnaire about quality of life in epilepsy (QOLIE-10).