Diencephalic syndrome

Diencephalic syndrome (DS) is a rare condition characterized by profound emaciation and failure to thrive (with normal caloric intake and normal linear growth), hyperalertness, hyperkinesia and euphoria, in the presence of hypothalamic tumors.

Failure to thrive

Failure to thrive (FTT) refers to a child whose physical growth is substantially below the norm.


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PMID (PMCID)
28687692
 MIXED_SAMPLE Infant
Diencephalic syndrome: a rare cause of failure to thrive.
Tosur M, Tomsa A, Paul DL.
BMJ Case Rep. 2017;2017:.
Timely diagnosis of diencephalic syndrome is not often the case for patients presenting with failure to thrive (FTT) because of its rarity and lack of specific symptoms.
27872228
 FEMALE Infant
Child Neurology: Diencephalic syndrome-like presentation of a cervicomedullary brainstem tumor.
Conway M, Ejaz R, Kouzmitcheva E, Savlov D, Rutka JT, Moharir M.
Neurology. 2016;87(21):e248-e251.
This case urges physicians to consider central neurologic processes in the differential diagnosis of children with refractory failure to thrive with or without classical features of diencephalic syndrome, in whom etiology is not identified by routine investigations, given its importance in determining prognosis and management.
26337554
(4559913)
 MALE Infant
An infant with hyperalertness, hyperkinesis, and failure to thrive: a rare diencephalic syndrome due to hypothalamic anaplastic astrocytoma.
Stival A, Lucchesi M, Farina S, Buccoliero AM, Castiglione F, Genitori L, de Martino M, Sardi I.
BMC Cancer. 2015;15:616.
Diencephalic Syndrome is a rare clinical condition of failure to thrive despite a normal caloric intake, hyperalertness, hyperkinesis, and euphoria usually associated with low-grade hypothalamic astrocytomas.
26337554
(4559913)
 MALE Infant
An infant with hyperalertness, hyperkinesis, and failure to thrive: a rare diencephalic syndrome due to hypothalamic anaplastic astrocytoma.
Stival A, Lucchesi M, Farina S, Buccoliero AM, Castiglione F, Genitori L, de Martino M, Sardi I.
BMC Cancer. 2015;15:616.
An infant with hyperalertness, hyperkinesis, and failure to thrive: a rare diencephalic syndrome due to hypothalamic anaplastic astrocytoma.
17405074
 FEMALE Infant
Diencephalic syndrome: a frequently delayed diagnosis in failure to thrive.
Huber J, Sovinz P, Lackner H, Mokry M, Eder H, Urban C.
Klin Padiatr. 2007;219(2):91-4.
Diencephalic syndrome caused by a hypothalamic/chiasmatic astrocytoma is a rare cause of failure to thrive in children so that diagnosis is frequently delayed.
17405074
 FEMALE Infant
Diencephalic syndrome: a frequently delayed diagnosis in failure to thrive.
Huber J, Sovinz P, Lackner H, Mokry M, Eder H, Urban C.
Klin Padiatr. 2007;219(2):91-4.
Diencephalic syndrome: a frequently delayed diagnosis in failure to thrive.
15471306
 MALE Infant
Diencephalic syndrome: a rare and easily overlooked cause of failure to thrive.
Dejkhamron P, Likasitwattankul S, Unachak K.
J Med Assoc Thai. 2004;87(8):984-7.
Diencephalic syndrome: a rare and easily overlooked cause of failure to thrive.
1812336
 MIXED_SAMPLE Infant
Non-neurological manifestations of intracranial tumours: a report of four cases.
Tan A, Quak SH, Low PS.
J Singapore Paediatr Soc. 1991;33(3-4):173-7.
In this paper, four cases with non neurological manifestations are presented (one diencephalic syndrome, one failure to thrive, one precocious puberty and one gastrointestinal symptoms).
2702579
 MALE Infant
Chemotherapeutic treatment of the diencephalic syndrome. A case report.
Chamberlain MC, Levin VA.
Cancer. 1989;63(9):1681-4.
The diencephalic syndrome, an entity classically seen in infancy, presents as failure to thrive.
67836
 MALE
"Failure to thrive" due to pontine glioma.
Maroon JC, Albright L.
Arch Neurol. 1977;34(5):295-7.
These cases emphasize the minimal neurological findings that may be associated with brain stem gliomas and the need for consideration of these tumors in the syndromes of "failure to thrive," anorexia nervosa, and the diencephalic syndrome of infancy.