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.

Anorexia

A lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical condition).


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PMID (PMCID)
8274094
 FEMALE Child
Hypothalamic tumor associated with atypical forms of anorexia nervosa and diencephalic syndrome.
Chipkevitch E, Fernandes AC.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1993;51(2):270-4.
Hypothalamic tumor associated with atypical forms of anorexia nervosa and diencephalic syndrome.
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.