Endoscopic endonasal resection of olfactory tract hamartoma for pediatric epilepsy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-hypothalamic glioneural hamartomas are rare entities known to cause medically refractory epilepsy. Olfactory bulb hamartomas, in particular, are exceptionally rare.

Methods

We describe a case of an olfactory bulb hamartoma that was surgically resected at our institution. We also performed a literature review of all glioneural hamartomas and discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of these lesions.

Results

Herein, we present the unusual case of a typically developing 17-year-old boy with a near life-long history of drug-resistant epilepsy, found to have a 0.8 × 1.0 cm right olfactory bulb hamartoma. Endoscopic endonasal trans-cribriform resection of the lesion led to seizure freedom in the 6-month follow-up period (Engel class 1 outc

SUBMITTER: Kundishora AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11579163 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature