For people interested in these things - another patient that I love reading about is Henry Molaison (HM). A coworker (a neuroscientist) told me a bit about the man and his condition, very interesting case.

Another similar case (albeit a more modern one) is Anatoli Bugorski, who caught his head in the path of a particle accelerator beam:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski

I currently work in a beam instrumentation project and jokingly refer to him as the patreon of beam instrumentation.

However, I don't think his case is very interesting in a neuroscience pov. He did not forego any major psychological changes after the incident.

I've read about him before. The fact that he is still alive is amazing.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Molaison