Anorexia Nervosa症候群を呈した松果体腫瘍の2例

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It has recently been reported by several investigators that some patients of brain tumor in the hypothalamic region show a characteristic syndrome similar to anorexia nervosa.The present paper describes two cases of pinealoma wiht such an 'anorexia nervosa syndrome'.These patients, a 14-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, were hospitalized with persitent anorexia, marked weight loss, hyperkinetic behavior and emotional instability. At the beginning of admission, diagnosis of anorexia nervosa had been strongly suspected because of no aparent neurological signs slthough a mass lesion suggesting pinealoma was found in front of the 3rd ventricle of each patient by further examination. Subsequently, close relationchips were observed between diminishing of their psychiatric and decreasing of the tumor seize resulting from radiaiton therapy.Based on the above clinical observations, the possible causes of these clinical features were discussed in relation to the dysfunciton of the neuronal circuit via the hypothalamus and the feeding center in the lateral hypothalamus.
日本心身医学会の論文
1980-06-01