title: Giant hypothalamic hamartoma with cystic change: report of two cases and review of the literature.
abstract: We describe the MRI findings in two patients with giant hypothalamic hamartomas with cystic areas. Cystic change within hypothalamic hamartomas is rarely reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston, MA 02114, USA. psrinivasa@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patkar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gala
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Patankar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male