منابع مشابه
Hypothalamic hamartoma.
To cite: Grech R, Looby S, Thornton J, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2012008273 DESCRIPTION A 9-year-old girl presented with an 8-month history of gelastic seizures and precocious puberty. Clinical evaluation including full neurological assessment was otherwise unremarkable. Endocrine tests were normal and there was no family or surgical h...
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Epilepsy in adult patients with hypothalamic hamartoma has not been well studied. It is uncommon but merits recognition. In this paper, 14 adult patients with hypothalamic hamartoma and epilepsy, of whom three developed epilepsy only in adult life, are presented. The later onset of epilepsy appears to be associated with a milder epilepsy syndrome, less severe learning difficulties and behaviour...
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Hypothalamic hamartoma presents with precocious puberty, epilepsy or both. There are two epileptic syndromes, one presenting initially in infancy with gelastic seizures evolving rapidly into a syndrome with multiple seizures, developmental delay and a moderate to severe behaviour disorder. The other presents later with a milder epileptic syndrome, again usually including gelastic seizures, but ...
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Hypothalamic hamartomas are often associated with early onset gelastic seizures, precocious puberty, behavioral problem and suboptimal response to antiepiletptic drugs. Until now, four surgical options have been reported to reduce seizure by >50%. Surgical excision have good seizure outcome but postoperative complications were not infrequent, whether by pterional or transcallosal interforniceal...
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A 10-month-old female, Wire-haired Pointing Griffon dog had a hamartoma of the hypothalamus. Episodes of sudden flaccid collapse had increased in frequency and duration for 7 months. Cerebrospinal fluid pressure was normal. A flat, pedunculated mass, 2.5 X 3.0 X 0.9 cm, covered the brain stem between the pituitary gland and pons. Its 1.2-cm-diameter connection to the hypothalamus obliterated th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-008273