| Cyberknife Radiosurgery for Hypothalamic Hamartoma in Patient with Medically Intractable Epilepsy??A Case Report |
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Kyung Sool Jang, Won Il Joo, Kyung Jin Lee, Moon Chan Kim |
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Department of Neurosurgery, St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea |
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| Abstract |
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Hypothalamic harmatoma represent well-known cause of gelastic epilepsy. Although Conventional microsurgical resection is
used in hypothalamic harmatoma, often associated with morbidity. A 5-year-old boy presented with medically intractable gelastic epilepsy and increased episodes of secondary generalized seizures. In this case present, cyberknife radiosurgery was applied as a safe and noninvasive to obtain seizure control. |
| Key Words:
Gelastic seizure, Hypothalamic hamartoma, Radiosurgery. |
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