Hypothalamic dysfunction associated with neuroblastoma: Evidence for a new paraneoplastic syndrome?

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 326-328

  Sirvent, Nicolas ^a,c   Bérard, Etienne ^a   Chastagner, Pascal ^b   Feillet, François ^b   Wagner, Karin ^a   Sommelet, Danièle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL D ENFANTS   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic dysfunction; Neural crest tumor; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE; ANTIBODY; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADRENAL BIOPSY; ADRENAL GLAND; AGGRESSION; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EUPHORIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERSOMNIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC HYPOTHALAMIC SYNDROME; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KERNER MORRISON SYNDROME; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; METASTASIS; MYOCLONUS; NEURAL CREST; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPSOCLONUS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SCINTIGRAPHY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; URINE OSMOLALITY; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; INFANT; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037403021     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10157     Document Type: Article

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