Pediatric hypothalamic lipoma with hypothermia--case report.
This case report describes a lipoma located in the pre-mamillary area that appeared in a 5-year-old child. The first symptom was very deep, transient hypothermia. Laboratory exams were normal. Diagnosis of a lipoma situated in the hypothalamic-mamillary area was made by brain MRI. The lipoma showed no signs of growth and hypothermia disappeared over the following 2 years. It is an unusual case of the body adapting to a new anatomic situation.
Di Pietro
Pasquale
P
Emergency Department, 'G. Gaslini', Children's Institute, L. go G. Gaslini 5, Genoa, Italy. pasqualedipietro@ospedale-faslini.ge.it
Debbia
Carla
C
Paola Fondelli
Maria
M
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology*; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male