Diencephalic Syndrome in Childhood Craniopharyngioma—Results of German Multicenter Studies on 485 Long-term Survivors of Childhood Craniopharyngioma | Zendy

Anika Hoffmann | Zendy; U Gebhardt | Zendy; Anthe S. Sterkenburg | Zendy; Monika WarmuthMetz | Zendy; Hermann L. Müller | Zendy

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Diencephalic Syndrome in Childhood Craniopharyngioma—Results of German Multicenter Studies on 485 Long-term Survivors of Childhood Craniopharyngioma

Author(s) -

Anika Hoffmann,

U Gebhardt,

Anthe S. Sterkenburg,

Monika WarmuthMetz,

Hermann L. Müller

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2014-1680

Subject(s) - craniopharyngioma , failure to thrive , medicine , pediatrics , weight gain , body mass index , magnetic resonance imaging , weight loss , obesity , body weight , surgery , radiology

Childhood craniopharyngiomas (CPs) are known to be associated with an increased risk of excessive weight gain and hypothalamic obesity. Atypical clinical manifestations include the development of a diencephalic syndrome (DS) with a failure to thrive or maintain weight at appropriate body mass index.

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