Episodes of prolonged "trance-like state" in an infant with hypothalamic hamartoma

• Main Authors: Rakesh Kumar (Author), Jaivinder Yadav (Author), Jitendra Kumar Sahu (Author), Manjul Tripathi (Author), Chirag Ahuja (Author), Devi Dayal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) is one of the most common causes of central precocious puberty (CPP) in first few years of life. It can present with either seizures or CPP, although both manifestations coexist in the majority of the children. Gelastic seizures (GS), or laughing spells, are usually the f...