title: [Echographic diagnosis of a cachexia-inducing diencephalic tumor].
abstract: In a 2 month-old girl presenting with severe cachexia, ultrasonography of the brain through the fontanella showed a diencephalic tumor. Ultrasonographic pictures were compared with those obtained with CT scan. This report emphasizes the value of ultrasonography in such a syndrome with little neurologic symptoms.
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002100:Cachexia / Q000209:etiology*; D004027:Diencephalon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Diagnostic échographique d'une tumeur diencéphalique cachectisante.