Antenatelly detected hypothalamic hamartoma-A case report

Abstract

Hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) is a non-neoplastic malformationthat appears in the hypothalamus. It is congenital, and it grows as the child’s brain grows, but HH doesn’t spread to other parts of the brain or body. In 95% of cases, it is sporadic in origin. HH present with diverse neurologic, endocrinologic, cognitive, behavioraland psychiatric comorbidities. Irrespective of their large size of this intracranial tumor, some of them may be asymptomatic also. Very rarely they may be detected during routine antenatal checkup.