Intracranial germ cell tumor mimicking anorexia nervosa

Klin Wochenschr. 1991 Jul 22;69(10):440-2. doi: 10.1007/BF01666831.

Abstract

A previously healthy seventeen-year-old boy developed loss of weight, poor appetite, and aversion to food. Physical examination being normal, anorexia nervosa was suspected. Thirteen months later a CT scan revealed a mass in the third ventricle histologically proven to be a malignant teratoma. To our knowledge anorexia nervosa is only extremely rarely the presenting feature of intracranial germ cell tumors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anorexia Nervosa / etiology*
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / complications*
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / surgery
  • Cerebral Ventricles / pathology
  • Cerebral Ventricles / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / etiology*
  • Teratoma / complications*
  • Teratoma / diagnosis
  • Teratoma / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed