Gelastic seizures have been shown to begin in the HH lesion and removing (or otherwise damaging or ablating) the HH can cure seizures. Until recently, HH with epilepsy was considered not treatable, since surgery on the hypothalamus was considered too dangerous. However, several surgical options have been developed that have proven to be quite effective…
Using Focused Ultrasound to Treat Hypothalamic Hamartomas Interview with Dr. Travis Sean Tierney, Pediatric Neurosurgeon Nicklaus Children’s Hospital You recently used Focused Ultrasound to treat a hypothalamic hamartoma. What is FUS and how does it work? Has it been used to treat other diseases? Focused Ultrasound is a surgical method that uses highly focused acoustic…
Community Corner Join the Epilepsy Foundation and Hope for Hypothalamic Hamartomas on March 6 at 8:00 p.m. ET for a special Facebook Live, “When Laughing or Crying is a Seizure.” Did you know that some seizures consist of sudden laughing or crying that the person has no control over? These seizures, a type of…
An exciting new study has launched to evaluate the use of focused ultrasound to destroy hypothalamic hamartomas. Learn more about the procedure and the study from Dr. Nathan Fountain. Listen to an interview and see images of this new procedure below. Hypothalamic hamartoma Hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) is a rare condition where a tumor-like structure…
