Aprile 2019 - Volume XXXVIII - numero 4
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1IRCCS Materno-Infantile “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste
2IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico “Bambino Gesù”, Roma
Indirizzo per corrispondenza: marco.carrozzi@burlo.trieste.it
Key words: Hypothalamic hamartoma, Epilepsy, Laughter, Giggle, Case report
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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UOC di Pediatria e Neonatologia, Ospedale di Ravenna, AUSL della Romagna
*Scuola di Specializzazione in Pediatria, Università di Ferrara
Indirizzo per corrispondenza: federico.marchetti@auslromagna.it
Key words: Meningitis, Meningo-encephalitis, Toscana virus, ArBo virus, Phlebotomus
Toscana virus is an endemic ArBo virus present in the countries of the Mediterranean basin. It may cause from asymptomatic or self-limiting febrile forms to cases of meningitis or meningoencephalitis that sometimes are complicated. Particularly in summertime in the Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna Regions (Italy) it is one of the main causes of aseptic meningitis in adults and children. The paper describes a typical case of Toscana virus meningitis in a 13-year-old girl to emphasise the importance of considering this virus, which is native to many Italian Regions, in a differential diagnosis with other pathogens that cause meningitis or meningoencephalitis during the summer season.
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