Neuroradiologic study of hamartomas of the tuber cinereum and hypothalamus

✍ Scribed by S.-R. Lin; M.-M. Bryson; R. Gobien; C.R. Fitz; Y.-Y. Lee

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 235 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0028-3940
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00395190

✦ Synopsis

Five cases, four histologically proven, of hamartoma of the tuber cinereum and hypothalamus in children are reported. The ages of the patients range from 2 to 12 years. Three cases had pubertas praecox, and in all of these the hamartoma was located in the basal cistern between the chiasm and pons and had a collar button shape and size typical of hamartoma of the tuber cinereum. In the third case, a huge calcified mass in the suprasellar region was initially thought to be craniopharyngioma. The fourth case had a hamartoma within the substance of the hypothalamus and presented with hyponatremia and temporal lobe seizures.