A rare central nervous system anomaly in a tuberous sclerosis case with gelastic seizures: Corpus callosum agenesis

Sedat Işıkay

doi:10.5578/gmj.32160

Authors

Sedat Işıkay Clinic of Pediatric Neurology, Gaziantep Children’s Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5578/gmj.32160

Keywords:

Tuberous sclerosis, gelastic seizure, corpus callosum agenesis, child

Abstract

Gelastic seizures are associated with hypothalamic hamartomas in general. Herein, we report a patient with gelastic seizures who was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis complex and corpus callosum agenesis in the absence of hypothalamic hamartomas. As all these rare conditions were together in this patient, tuberosclerosis presented with gelastic seizures in the presence of corpus callosum agenesis without hypothalamic hamartomas, this case was regarded as valuable to be reported in the light of recent literature.

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