Gelastic seizures
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Gelastic seizures. Gelastic seizures hamartoma syndrome, Hippocampal sclerosis, Focal cortical dysplasia. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Causes
- Gelastic seizures hamartoma syndrome
- Hippocampal sclerosis
- Focal cortical dysplasia
- Dysplastic parieto-temporal lesions
- Cingulate lesions
- Astrocytoma
- Cryptogenic
Clinical phenotypes
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Clinical features
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References
- Striano S, Striano P. Clinical features and evolution of the gelastic seizures-hypothalamic hamartoma syndrome. Epilepsia 2017; 58(Suppl 2):12-15.
- Tellez-Zenteno JF, Serrano-Almeida C, Moien-Afshari. Gelastic seizures associated with hypothalamic hamartomas. An update in the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2008; 4:1021-1031.
- Kovac S, Diehl B, Wehner T, et al. Gelastic seizures: incidence, clinical and EEG features in adult patients undergoing video-EEG telemetry. Epilepsia 2015; 56:e1-e5.
- Dericioglu N, Cataltepe O, Tezel GG, Saygi S. Gelastic seizures due to right temporal cortical dysplasia. Epileptic Disord 2005; 7:137-141.
- McConachie NS, King MD. Gelastic seizures in a child with focal cortical dysplasia of the cingulate gyrus. Neuroradiology 1997; 39:44-45.
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