Deep brain stimulation for the treatment of drug-refractory epilepsy in a patient with a hypothalamic hamartoma: Case report

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Marras, Carlo Efisio ^a   Rizzi, Michele ^a   Villani, Flavio ^b   Messina, Giuseppe ^a   Deleo, France Sco ^b   Cordella, Roberto ^a   Franzini, Angelo ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Istituto Neurologico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Invasive monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 79551710232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.FOCUS10241     Document Type: Article

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