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Hypothalamic Hamartoma in An Unusual Case with Delayed Puberty

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Hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) is a rare intracranial lesion that usually presents with classic triad of central precocious puberty, gelastic epilepsy, and developmental delay. Herein, a 14-year old boy is presented in whom the diagnosis of HH was made by magnetic resonance imaging. While he did not have any complain of precocious puberty, he surprisingly suffered from delay in puberty. The definite diagnosis of HH can only be made by appropriate imaging, in a case with atypical feature of delay in puberty and in the absence of gelastic epilepsy. To our best knowledge, this is the first case of HH who is presented with delay in puberty as of first manifestation.

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Delay in puberty Hypothalamic hamartomas Magnetic resonance imaging
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Nakhaeimoghadam M, Rostami P, Zare-Shahabadi A, Mehdizadeh M, Rabbani A, Rezaei N. Hypothalamic Hamartoma in An Unusual Case with Delayed Puberty. Acta Med Iran. 1;51(11):819-821.