PEDIATRICS Vol. 24 No. 4 October 1959, pp. 609-615
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DIENCEPHALIC SYNDROME OF EARLY INFANCY ASSOCIATED WITH BRAIN TUMOR

Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

Frederick C. Braun Jr. M.D., (MC) U.S.N.R.1 and William R. Forney M.D., (MC) U.S.N.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, U. S. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia

A case of a diencephalic syndrome in early infancy is presented along with a review of nine previously reported cases.

This patient, as well as previously reported cases, had a glioma of the third ventricle. Massive hemorrhage secondary to a duodenal ulcer was a heretofore unreported complication.

The syndrome is characterized primarily by alertness and euphoria in the presence of marked emaciation.

Submitted on March 17, 1959
Accepted on May 5, 1959