Craniopharyngeoma preceded by many years of psychological peculiarity in a young man
Hyttel, T.E.W.; Wiese, M.D.S.; Aagaard, Søren.R.
Ugeskrift for laeger 176(13)
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824 PMID: 25349933 Document Number: 673897
We present a case of a young man with severe hypothermia on the basis of a large craniopharyngeoma. He had been psychologically peculiar since the age of six and had deteriorated dramatically since his late teens. Craniopharyngeomas are slowly developing benign tumours but they can cause severe damage to the neuroendocrinological systems or hypothalamus causing a wide range of symptoms including psychiatric disorders and hypothermia. Intracraniel neoplasms should be considered as a differential diagnosis in cognitive dysfunction in the young or in acute hypothermia.