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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