Hypothalamic hamartoma associated with polymicrogyria and periventricular nodular heterotopia in children: report of three cases and discussion of the origin of the seizures.
Martine FohlenDelphine TaussigJerry BlustajnSerge RiveraTom PieperSarah Ferrand-SorbetsGeorg DorfmullerPublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2022)
Our results show that HH is the trigger of epilepsy, which confirms the high epileptogenic potential of this malformation. In patients such as ours, as in those with isolated HH, we recommend to begin by operating the HH independently of seizure semiology or electrophysiological abnormalities.