title: Hypothalamic hamartoma with precocious puberty.
abstract: Hypothalamic hamartoma is a rare congenital nonneoplastic heterotopia consisting of neurons, glial cells and fiber bundles. Clinically, most patients with hypothalamic hamartomas present with precocious puberty and/or gelastic epilepsy. We report an interesting case of hypothalamic hamartoma causing precocious puberty in a young male. The lesion was excised totally through frontotemporal craniotomy and transSylvian approach without any added morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal, Udupi 576-119, Karnataka, India. shenoysn@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Shenoy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raja
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003399:Craniotomy; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007027:Hypothalamic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000209:etiology*