Epileptic Syndromes Related to the Hypothalamic Hamartomas

Volume 2 - Issue 5

Behzad Saberi*

Received: June 02, 2020   Published: July 29, 2020

DOI: 10.32474/PAPN.2020.02.000147

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Abstract

Gelastic epilepsy, progressive cognitive decline, behavioral disturbances, and precocious puberty, can be the symptoms of the hypothalamic hamartomas [1-3]. Gelastic seizures or the pressure to laugh phenomenon, are the hallmark of the hypothalamic hamartoma’s epilepsy. These seizures usually begin in the neonatal period and will develop to seizures types which would be catastrophic and refractory in their nature. Recurrent brief seizures which would be initiated by grimacing or laugher which is not emotional in nature, are the characteristics of the gelastic fits [4-6].

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