title: Pediatric hypothalamic lipoma with hypothermia--case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, 'G. Gaslini', Children's Institute, L. go G. Gaslini 5, Genoa, Italy. pasqualedipietro@ospedale-faslini.ge.it
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Pietro
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Debbia
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paola Fondelli
mesh_terms: 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