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DJ Seidenwurm for the Expert Panel on Neurologic Imaging  -  Mar 12, 2008
AJNR (subscription),Precocious puberty and other neurologic symptoms can be produced by hypothalamic lesions such as hamartoma. MR imaging is generally indicated in all

Vanishing Bone Disease: Review and Case Reports  -  Mar 10, 2008
Ortho SuperSite,Knoch 15 suggested a previous silent hamartoma becomes active after a minor trauma, leading to bone resorption. Neurovascular changes such as Sudeck atrophy

Thursday's Thatch of Chatter  -  Jan 31, 2008
Crosswalk.com,...her Internet business in 2004 so she could stay home with her 6-month-old daughter, Julia, who was diagnosed with a hypothalamic hamartoma brain tumor.

Pa. drops case against Internet retailer  -  Feb 7, 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer,D&J Virtual Consignment, to stay at home with her infant daughter, Julia, who was diagnosed with a hypothalamic hamartoma brain tumor.

Sleeve and wedge parenchyma-sparing bronchial resections in low ...  -  Jul 30, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryThe histologic type was carcinoid (n = 18), mucoepidermoid (n = 2), adenoid cystic (n = 1), chondroma (n = 2), hamartoma (n = 1), melanoma endobronchial

Doni: Fundraisers offer hope for sick children, relief for families  -  Jun 22, 2007
Record-Searchlight (subscription),She was just a toddler when diagnosed with Hypothalamic Hamartoma. The rare congenital disorder causes tumors deep in the brain that hover near or

Business Briefs: May 25, 2007  -  May 26, 2007
Record-Searchlight (subscription),Webster is suffering from hypothalamic hamartoma, a rare disease. The barbecue will help Webster’s family, who live in Anderson, with medical expenses.

Surgery Ends Tot's Laughing Seizures  -  May 8, 2007
Today's THV,Earlier this year, physicians concluded that a tumor in the little girl's brain was causing hypothalamic hamartoma, a condition leading to "gelastic

100th Surgery To Treat A Rare And Devastating Brain Tumor In Children  -  Apr 24, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center recently performed its 100 th hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) surgery.

Doni: Fundraiser hopes to find chorus of support for Amazing Grace  -  Apr 27, 2007
Record-Searchlight (subscription),What we can't see is a brain tumor within the depths Grace's hypothalamus, caused by Hypothalamic Hamartoma (HH). Grace was just 14 months old when hormonal

Lingual Hamartoma in an Infant: CT and MR Imaging  -  Jan 9, 2007
AJNR (subscription),SUMMARY: Lingual hamartoma is a rare tongue mass, primarily diagnosed in childhood. In most cases in the literature, the masses were surgically removed

A MORE KID-FRIENDLY DEVICE  -  Jan 20, 2007
Monterey County Herald,Out of it came a potent beam of X-ray radiation, which surgeons were using to zap a hamartoma, a growth on his brain that was causing the boy to suffer 10

Study shows out laughter is contagious  -  Dec 13, 2006
Science Daily (press release)Tumor-Like Mass Can Make You Want To Laugh (February 25, 2000) -- A small tumor-like mass known as a hypothalamic hamartoma can cause patients to feel the ...

Article overlooked Barrow epilepsy unit  -  Dec 8, 2006
Arizona Republic,...translating them from bench to bedside. • An internationally renowned Hypothalamic Hamartoma (HH) Program. HH is a rare tumor ...

Study shows laughter is contagious  -  13 Dec 2006
Science Daily (press release)Tumor-Like Mass Can Make You Want To Laugh (February 25, 2000) -- A small tumor-like mass known as a hypothalamic hamartoma can cause patients to feel the ...

Article overlooked Barrow epilepsy unit  -  Dec 8, 2006
Arizona Republic,...translating them from bench to bedside. • An internationally renowned Hypothalamic Hamartoma (HH) Program. HH is a rare tumor ...

Sonographic Features of Biliary Hamartomas With Histopathologic ...  -  Nov 22, 2006
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)...and simple hepatic cysts (arrows). Figure 2. Low-power histologic specimen of a bile duct hamartoma. The lesion is lobulated with ...

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