Pineal germinoma presenting as anorexia nervosa: Case report and review of the literature

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 606-608

  Winston, Anthony P ^a,b   Barnard, Dan ^c   D'Souza, Geraldine ^a   Shad, Amjad ^d   Sherlala, Khaled ^d   Sidhu, Jyoti ^a   Singh, Suraj Pal ^a  

^a WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Stratford Primary Care Mental Health Team   (United Kingdom)

^d WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Germinoma; Hypothalamus; Pineal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEVER; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA;

EID: 33750365145     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20322     Document Type: Review

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