A hamartoma is a noncancerous tumor made of an abnormal mixture of normal tissues and cells from the area in which it grows. Hamartomas sometimes disappear over time and show little to no symptoms ...

Little did she know, these were early signs of a hypothalamic hamartoma. The turning point came in the summer of 1994 when ...

A toddler was born with a rare tumour which causes over 250 seizures a day. Little Viraaj Nayak was diagnosed with hypothalamic hamartoma a very rare non cancerous tumour on the area of the brain ...

Findings in this case are reported and discussed in "Successful treatment of hyperphagia by resection of a hypothalamic hamartoma. Case report," by Yoshua Esquenazi, M.D., David I. Sandberg, M.D ...

Successful treatment of hyperphagia by resection of a hypothalamic hamartoma. Case Report. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics , published online, ahead of print, April 9, 2013; DOI: 10.3171/2013. ...

Hypothalamic hamartomas are extremely rare and complex. In fact, at the time, Jill believed that only about 50 families worldwide were battling the condition.

If research on what scientists call hypothalamic hamartoma is rather limited, so are the treatments. Doctors have tried everything from anticonvulsant medications to radiation therapy.

In one of nature's cruel ironies, the laughter is a symptom of hypothalamic hamartoma, an extremely rare disorder that brings sorrow to the victims and their families.

Nathan Box, seven, from Hornchurch, was struck down by a mystery illness two years ago - but doctors assumed it was epilepsy. However, tests revealed she had a Hypothalamic Hamartoma.

A hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) is a rare, congenital, disorganized collection of normal brain cells (glia and neurons) located in or around the hypothalamus.