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Hypothalamic Hamartoma

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Hypothalamic Hamartoma: HH

Hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) describes a benign brain tumour located close to or within the hypothalamus. This part of the brain produces the hormones that control body processes such as thirst, hunger, sex hormone regulation and the release of hormones from the thyroid and adrenal glands.

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Medical text written July 2003 by Contact a Family. Approved July 2003 by Dr T McShane. Last reviewed October 2009 by Dr T McShane, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.

 

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