HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA WITH SKELETAL MALFORMATIONS, GELASTIC EPILEPSYAND PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY

Authors
MINNS RAM STIRLING HF WU FCW
Citation
Ram. Minns et al., HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA WITH SKELETAL MALFORMATIONS, GELASTIC EPILEPSYAND PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 36(2), 1994, pp. 173-176
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00121622
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
173 - 176
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-1622(1994)36:2<173:HHWSMG>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A child is described who has skeletal malformations, gelastic epilepsy , precocious puberty and a hypothalamic hamartoma. The skeletal abnorm alities were detected at birth, she developed gelastic epilepsy at the age of 3 years 5 months and precocious puberty at 3 years 8 months. A hypothalamic hamartoma was found on MRI. The precocious puberty has b een successfully medically managed, though her seizures are difficult to control. The combination of all four features has not been describe d previously.