Intracranial germ cell tumor mimicking anorexia nervosa

Berek, Klaus; Aichner, F.; Schmutzhard, Erich; Kofler, Markus; Langmayr, J.; Gerstenbrand, F

doi:10.1007/bf01666831

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“…Attention should also be focused on "atypical" psychiatric features. For instance, a large proportion of the reported cases of anorexia nervosa in patients with brain tumors lacked the evidence of "typical" anorectic behavior toward self-starvation [60][61][62]. The diagnosis of anorexia nervosa in our literature cases was based on criteria such as eating very small quantities of food, fear of becoming obese or retarded puberty and growth [60,63,64].…”

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Presenting Psychiatric and Neurological Symptoms and Signs of Brain Tumors before Diagnosis: A Systematic Review

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Brain tumors can present with various psychiatric symptoms, with or without neurological symptoms, an aspect that complicates the clinical picture. However, no systematic description of symptoms that should prompt a neurological investigation has been provided. This review aims to summarize available case reports describing patients with brain tumors showing psychiatric symptoms before brain tumor diagnosis, in order to provide a comprehensive description of these symptoms as well as their potential relationship with delay in the diagnosis. A systematic literature review on case reports of brain tumors and psychiatric symptoms from 1970 to 2020 was conducted on PubMed, Ovid, Psych Info, and MEDLINE. Exclusion criteria comprised tumors not included in the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification 4th edition and cases in which psychiatric symptoms were absent or followed the diagnosis. A total of 165 case reports were analyzed. In a subset of patients with brain tumors, psychiatric symptoms can be the only manifestation or precede focal neurological signs by months or even years. The appearance of focal or generalized neurological symptoms after, rather than along with, psychiatric symptoms was associated with a significant delay in the diagnosis in adults. A timely assessment of psychiatric symptoms might help to improve early diagnosis of brain tumors.

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“…To the best of our knowledge this is probably the first case of malignant mixed ICGCT with extra cranial spread presenting as a mass around the right ear in an infant to be reported. Malignant ICGCT is predominantly a tumour of adolescents and young adults, 5,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 although its occurrence in younger children have also been reported. 3,16,17 In infants these tumours are rare and review of available literature revealed a case of congenital mixed malignant ICGCT in a 27 weeks old male fetus involving brain and orbit.…”

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“…Extra neural metastasis of primary intracranial nongerminomatous GCT to the lung in a 14-year-old girl have been reported. 10 Diagnosis of the condition depends mainly on imaging studies followed by a histological study of the specimen. The main modality of treatment is surgery followed by combination chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy.…”

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Intracranial germ cell tumour with extra cranial extension in a four month old infant – a case report

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Reddy²,

Singh³

2005

Med J Indones

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Eating disorders: Psyche or soma?

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Treasure

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Int. J. Eat. Disord.

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Speculation about the etiology of eating disorders has gone through different phases, variously favoring familial, organic, and psychosocial factors. Recent evidence has particularly contributed to our understanding of the organic view. We review the evidence for an organic contribution to the illness and present a series of cases in which organic factors were present. The cases illustrate the complex interaction between biological and psychological factors. In particular, a growth hormone‐producing pituitary adenoma was discovered in a patient following successful treatment of her bulimia by psychological means alone. Etiological theories of eating disorders need to encompass both organic and psychosocial factors, allowed to interact in complex ways. Focusing exclusively on either aspect is a disservice to our patients. © 2000 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 27: 279–287, 2000.

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Intracranial germ cell tumor mimicking anorexia nervosa

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Presenting Psychiatric and Neurological Symptoms and Signs of Brain Tumors before Diagnosis: A Systematic Review

Presenting Psychiatric and Neurological Symptoms and Signs of Brain Tumors before Diagnosis: A Systematic Review

Intracranial germ cell tumour with extra cranial extension in a four month old infant – a case report

Eating disorders: Psyche or soma?

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