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Amartoma ipotalamico e crisi gelastiche
Hypothalamic hamartoma and gelastic seizures
Marco Carrozzi1, Aldo Skabar1, Carlo Efisio Marras2
1IRCCS Materno-Infantile “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste
2IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù”, Roma
Aprile 2019
Abstract
Gelastic seizures (GS) are a rare form of epilepsy characterised by inappropriate, uncontrolled laughter. They usually originate from hypothalamic hamartomas. The paper presents a case of GS for which EEG and MR initially excluded the diagnosis made afterwards on the basis of the extremely typical giggles (audio available for the readers).
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