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Gelastic Seizure(Ictal laughter) is frequently associated with hypothalamic hamartoma that is congenital tumor composed of heterotrophic and hyperplastic tissue located in the hypothalamus near the interpeduncular cistern, tuber cinereum, and...
We report a 12 year-old girl patient with hypothalmic hamartoma presented a gelastic seizure for 11 years. On magnetic resonance images, a 10.5 mm-sized mass was detected that was originated...
The pituitary gland develops from two different parts of the brain. The anterior pituitary gland originates from the Rathke pouch and the posterior one from the infundibulum. Therefore, the pathologic...
PURPOSE: Hypothalamic hamartomas are non-neoplastic malformations which are composed of hyperplastic neuronal tissue of varying size. Clinically, they are characterized by gelastic seizure, precocious puberty, and behavioral and psychiatric disorders....
Hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) is one of the most common causes of central precocious puberty (CPP) in first few years of life. It can present with either seizures or CPP, although...