Stereotactic disconnection of hypothalamic hamartoma to control seizure and behavior disturbance: Case report and literature review

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-348

  De Almeida, Antonio Nogueira ^a,b   Fonoff, Erich Talamoni ^a   Ballester, Gerson ^a   Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen ^a   Marino Jr , Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Neurologico de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Radiofrequency lesion; Stereotactic surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HAMARTOMA; MALE; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THERMOCOAGULATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 44649091840     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-008-0142-8     Document Type: Article

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