Pediatric hypothalamic lipoma with hypothermia - Case report

Brain and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-62

  Di Pietro, Pasquale ^a   Debbia, Carla ^a   Fondelli, Maria Paola ^a  

^a Children's Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic mamillary area; Hypothermia; Lipoma; Pediatric age

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS LESION; HYPOTHERMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIPOMA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRICS; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0345830431     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(03)00073-1     Document Type: Article

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