Open AccessClinical characteristics and long-term outcome of surgery for hypothalamic hamartoma in children with refractory epilepsy
Author(s) -
Sita Jayalakshmi,
Manas Panigrahi,
Rajesh Reddy,
Shanmukhi Somayajula
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.128547
Subject(s) - medicine , gelastic seizure , hypothalamic hamartoma , epilepsy surgery , epilepsy , refractory (planetary science) , quality of life (healthcare) , pediatrics , intelligence quotient , surgery , cognition , precocious puberty , psychiatry , physics , nursing , astrobiology , hormone
Hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) are ectopic masses of neuronal and glial tissue most commonly presenting with medically refractory gelastic seizures with evolution to other seizure types. They are also associated with cognitive and behavioral problems to varying extent. Surgery has been found to improve quality of life in more than 50% of patients.