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.

Ascites

Accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity.


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PMID (PMCID)
27398937
 FEMALE Infant
Profound clinical and radiological response to BRAF inhibition in a 2-month-old diencephalic child with hypothalamic/chiasmatic glioma.
Lassaletta A, Guerreiro Stucklin A, Ramaswamy V, Zapotocky M, McKeown T, Hawkins C, Bouffet E, Tabori U.
Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016;63(11):2038-41.
A 2-month-old with V600E mutant hypothalamic/chiasmatic glioma progressed on chemotherapy resulting in profound visual loss, massive ascites, and diencephalic syndrome.