Hypothalamic hamartoma

Author: Luo Shiqi / Li Chunde, Editors
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Hypothalamic hamartoma is classified as "Hypothalamic Neurocytoma" in the WHO Classification of Central Nervous System Tumors. It is rare in clinical practice and belongs to a congenital brain developmental malformation. Most cases occur in infants and school-aged children, presenting with precocious puberty or gelastic epilepsy. Professor Luo Shiqi first reported this disease in the journal Chinese Journal of Neurosurgery in 1998 and has published 8 papers on it in domestic and international journals. This book references over 200 foreign publications and, combined with its own data, provides a comprehensive description of hypothalamic hamartoma. The case histories are detailed and reliable, accompanied by over 300 photos and illustrations, making the content rich and filling the in this unique field of neurosurgery in China.