title: Adult-onset refractory epilepsy with hypothalamic hamartoma and no gelastic seizures successfully treated by stereotactic thermocoagulation: A case report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan; Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan. Electronic address: daichisone@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Daichi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sone
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takanobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaido
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan.
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, the University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Taisuke
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Otsuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007027:Hypothalamic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Refractory epilepsy; Thermocoagulation