Malnutrition Despite Adequate Nutrient Intake: A Clue For Diencephalic Syndrome

Year 2022, Volume: 32 Issue: 5, 621 - 623, 29.10.2022

Anna Carina Ergani , Ayşe Kartal , Fuat Buğrul , Mert Şahinoğlu , Meltem Gümüş , Hakan Karabağlı , Halil Haldun Emiroğlu

https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1122008

Abstract

Diencephalic syndrome is characterized by excessive weight loss and subcutaneous fatty tissue loss, hyperactivity, euphoria, and hypervigilance observed in early childhood. It usually accompanies space-occupying neoplastic lesions of the hypothalamic–optochiasmatic region. There is an inverse relationship between mass size and weight gain. In this case report, a patient aged 1 year and 2 months with hypothalamic–optochiasmatic glioma was presented. We aimed to draw attention to diencephalic syndrome, which is a rare cause of weight gain and vomiting.

Keywords

Diencephalic Syndrome, Severe Malnutrition, Tuberosclerosis type 1

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