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Med Princ Pract 2005;14:199-201 (DOI: 10.1159/000084640)

  Key Words

• Hysteric laughter
• Gelastic seizures
• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Hamartoma
• Tuber cinerium
• Hypothalamus

  Abstract

Objective: To present an interesting case of gelastic seizures in a child who had an underlying brain lesion. Clinical Presentation and Intervention: A 10-year-old boy presented with recurrent episodes of uncontrollable laughter since the age of 6 years. Computed tomography showed a well-defined mass in the region of suprasellar and interpeduncular cisterns. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lesion, most likely a hamartoma, arising from the region of tuber cinerium. The lesion was subsequently resected and a marked improvement in the frequency and intensity of seizures was noted. Conclusion: This report shows that neuroimaging should be performed on patients with gelastic seizures to exclude any underlying structural lesion of causal significance.

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  Author Contacts

Dr. Irfan Robbani
PO Box 255, GPO
Srinagar, Kashmir, J&K (India)
Tel. +91 194 2400573, Mobile +91 90 194 09150
E-Mail irfanrobbani@yahoo.co.in

  Article Information

Received: December 14, 2003
Revised: July 25, 2004
Number of Print Pages : 3
Number of Figures : 1, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 12

  Publication Details

Medical Principles and Practice (International Journal of the Kuwait University Health Sciences Centre)

Vol. 14, No. 3, Year 2005 (Cover Date: May-June 2005)

Journal Editor: Al Awadi, F. (Kuwait)
ISSN: 1011-7571 (print), 1423-0151 (Online)

For additional information: http://www.karger.com/mpp

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