RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Laughing seizures due to a midline intraventricular neoplasm in tuberous sclerosis.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 443
OP 444
DO 10.1136/adc.72.5.443
VO 72
IS 5
A1 S Gunatilake
A1 D G De Silva
YR 1995
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/72/5/443.abstract
AB Laughing seizures have been described in association with hypothalamic hamartomas and precocious puberty. Laughing seizures due to a neoplasm arising from the floor of the left lateral ventricle extending down towards the hypothalamus in a child with tuberous sclerosis is reported. This combination has not been reported before and emphasises the importance of imaging to diagnose such midline lesions in children with paroxysmal laughing.