Pituitary adenomas are the most common cause of a mass in the sella. In as many as 9% of
cases, other etiologies are responsible for mass lesions in the sellar region54, 131 (Table …

IHIIIUIIIIIIIIIDhIIIIHillUIIIU Page 1 Allen D. Elster, MD Modern Imaging ofthe Pituitary’ Table 1
Principal Pituitary Hormones and Their Regulation Pituitary Lobe Pituitary Hormone Releasing …

Abstract THIS STUDY PRESENTS six patients with hypothalamic hamartomas diagnosed on
the basis of magnetic resonance imaging. Histological confirmation was performed in three …

Object. Hypothalamic hamartoma is generally diagnosed based on its magnetic resonance
(MR) imaging characteristics and the patient's clinical symptoms, but the relationship …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Reports of MR imaging in hypothalamic hamartomas
associated with epilepsy are few, and the number of patients studied is small. We aimed to …

Hypothalamic hamartomas are aberrant masses, composed of abnormally distributed
neurons and glia. Along endocrine and cognitive symptoms, they may cause epileptic …

OBJECTIVE: Hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) are associated with precocious puberty and
gelastic epilepsy; the seizures are often refractory to antiepileptic medications and …

Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery covers all of the latest advances in the surgical management
of epilepsy. The book provides a better understanding of epileptogenic mechanisms in …

Epilepsies associated with hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) are frequently drug resistant
with severe psychiatric and cognitive comorbidities. We performed a prospective trial to …

Although uncommon, the hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) is often associated with a
devastating clinical syndrome, which may include refractory epilepsy, progressive cognitive …