title: Rapid-onset obesity, hypoventilation, hypothalamic dysfunction, autonomic dysregulation syndrome.
abstract: Rapid-onset obesity with hypoventilation, hypothalamic dysfunction and autonomic dysregulation syndrome is a rare disorder that presents with rapidly evolving obesity with several endocrine disorders during early childhood. We present here a documented case of a 6-year-old Syrian girl with the characteristic symptoms of rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation, associated with an abdominal mass (mature ganglioneuroma).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus, Syria.
authors.forename: Ismaeil
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maksoud
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus, Syria.
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kassab
keywords: Ganglioneuroma; autonomic dysregulation syndrome; hypothalamic dysfunction; hypoventilation; obesity; rapid-onset obesity with hypoventilation