title: Psychogenic gelastic seizures in a patient with hypothalamic hamartoma.
abstract: Gelastic seizures are classically associated with hypothalamic hamartoma. The most effective treatment for gelastic epilepsy is surgery, although confirming that a hypothalamic hamartoma is an epileptic lesion prior to surgical intervention is challenging. Here, we report the case of a patient with a hypothalamic hamartoma who was diagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic gelastic seizures using video-EEG monitoring. [Published with video sequences].
authors.affiliation: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. t-scarella@fsm.northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Scarella
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Macken
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gerard
authors.forename: Stephan U
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Schuele
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007027:Hypothalamic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D007845:Laughter; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D014741:Video Recording