title: Giant solid-cystic hypothalamic hamartoma. Case report.
abstract: Hypothalamic hamartomas are rare lesions for which different classification schemes have been proposed. The authors report on an exceptionally large solid-cystic hamartoma that led to hydrocephalus, precocious puberty, and intractable gelastic seizures. They discuss potential mechanisms of the development of hypothalamic hamartomas.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Vienna, Department of Neurosurgery, Währinger Gürtel, Vienna, Austria. christian.dorfer@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dorfer
authors.forename: Gregor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kasprian
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mühlebner
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Czech
mesh_terms: D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007027:Hypothalamic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods