Gelastic epilepsy and true precocious puberty due to hypothalamic hamartoma.
A new case of gelastic epilepsy and precocious puberty due to hypothalamic hamartoma is reported. After long-term medical treatment there was no observable neurological or endocrinological improvement and the clinical outcome was poor. The authors consider that early surgery for hamartoma should be reconsidered.
D004200:Diseases in Twins; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D007223:Infant; D007845:Laughter; D008297:Male; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed