Laughing seizures due to a midline intraventricular neoplasm in tuberous sclerosis.
Laughing seizures have been described in association with hypothalamic hamartomas and precocious puberty. Laughing seizures due to a neoplasm arising from the floor of the left lateral ventricle extending down towards the hypothalamus in a child with tuberous sclerosis is reported. This combination has not been reported before and emphasises the importance of imaging to diagnose such midline lesions in children with paroxysmal laughing.
Gunatilake
S
S
General Hospital, Galle, Sri Lanka.
De Silva
D G
DG
D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D007223:Infant; D007845:Laughter; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*