Sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy with genetic diagnosis: description of a case series in a tertiary referral hospital.

Introduction: Sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (SHE) is characterized by asymmetric tonic/dystonic posturing and/or complex hyperkinetic seizures occurring mostly during sleep. Experts agree that SHE should be considered a unique syndrome.

Purpose: We present 8 cases of SHE for which a genetic diagnosis was carried out using a multigene epilepsy panel.

Primary cerebral malignant melanoma in insular region with extracranial metastasis: case report and review literature.

Background: Primary brain melanomas are very infrequent and metastasis outside central nervous system very uncommon. There are some cases in the literature about primary melanoma in the temporal lobe; nevertheless, the insular location has never been described.

Case Presentation: The patient presented as left insular intraparenchymal hematoma with multiple bleedings.

[Complications and outcomes in the elderly with intracranial meningioma].

Object: Surgical treatment in patients older than 70 years old with intracranial meningioma is still subject to controversy. The benefit/risk ratio of this surgery has not been assessed due to the lack of objective criteria. The aim of this study is to assess the surgical complications and outcomes in elderly patients in our centre.