Electronic ISSN 2287-0237

VOLUME

WHEN BABY’S GIGGLES ARE NOT FUNNY: SEVEN YEARS OVERLOOKED DIAGNOSIS IN A CASE OF GELASTIC SEIZURES

SEPTEMBER 2011 - VOL.2 | CASE REPORT
Keywords

Giggles, Pathologic laughter, Ictal laughing, Gelastic seizures, Hypothalamic hamartoma, Tuber cinereum

DOI

10.31524/bkkmedj.2011.09.010

MEDIA
Figure 1: MRI scan of the brain demonstrated small ill defined lesion at left side of hypothalamus (tuber cinereum) about 1.23 x 1.21 x 0.87 cm (white arrow),
which had slightly decreased signal intensity in T1W (A, axial view), and slightly increased signal intensity in T2W (B, axial; C, coronal view) and FLAIR (D) without definite enhancement (E, axial; F, coronal view).
Figure 2: MRA study of the brain demonstrated normal study without sign of vascular stenosis. The vascularity was normal (G, lateral view; H, top view).
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