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Intracranial germ cell tumor mimicking anorexia nervosa

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A previously healthy seventeen-year-old boy developed loss of weight, poor appetite, and aversion to food. Physical examination being normal, anorexia nervosa was suspected. Thirteen months later a CT scan revealed a mass in the third ventricle histologically proven to be a malignant teratoma. To our knowledge anorexia nervosa is only extremely rarely the presenting feature of intracranial germ cell tumors.

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Abbreviations

CT:

computerized tomography

MRT:

magnetic resonance tomography

TR:

relaxation time

TE:

echo time

ms:

millisecond

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  1. Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Innsbruck

    K. Berek, F. Aichner, E. Schmutzhard, M. Kofler & F. Gerstenbrand

  2. Universitätsklinik für Neurochirurgie, Innsbruck

    J. Langmayr

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Berek, K., Aichner, F., Schmutzhard, E. et al. Intracranial germ cell tumor mimicking anorexia nervosa. Klin Wochenschr 69, 440–442 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01666831

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