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In the two cases presented, gamma knife radiosurgery was applied as a safe and noninvasive alternative to obtain seizure control.<\/jats:p><jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\">Two patients, a 13-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl, presented with medically intractable gelastic epilepsy and increasing episodes of secondary generalized seizures. Abnormal behavior and precocious puberty were also evident. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed hypothalamic hamartomas measuring 13 and 11 mm, respectively. After general anesthesia had been induced in the patients, radiosurgical treatment was performed with margin doses of 12 Gy to 90% and 60% of isodose areas, covering volumes of 700 and 500 mm<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>, respectively.<\/jats:p><jats:p content-type=\"fine-print\">After follow-up periods of 54 months in the boy and 36 months in the girl, progressive decrease in both seizure frequency and intensity was noted (Engel outcome scores IIa and IIIa, respectively). 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