We report on a male epileptic patient, presently 27 years old, who has
suffered complex-partial attacks for 19 years. Under treatment with c
arbamazepine the seizures were completely controlled. In addition, the
patient exhibited partial hypopituitarism. CT and MRI revealed the pr
esence of 2 lipomas, one located within the optico-chiasmatic cistern
and the other one in the medial temporal lobe. To our knowledge, this
combination of the generally rare lesions has not been described yet.