Association of prolonged fever and hypernatremia: Rare presentation of hypothalamic/third ventricle tumor in a toddler

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-228

  Spiegel, Ronen ^a   Constantini, Shlomi ^a   Gavriel, Herzel ^a   Siomin, Vitali ^a   Horovitz, Yoseph ^a  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Fever of unknown origin; Hypodipsic hypernatremia; Third ventricle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSMOREGULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; THERMOREGULATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 0036212949     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200203000-00014     Document Type: Article

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