A case of male anorexia with Klinefelter's syndrome, 22 years later
In addition to the weight loss, he reported vomiting five times per week in the 2 months before the admission, but not as a consequence of binge eating or guilt following perceived overeating. A cerebellar tumour was diagnosed, identified as an ‘atypical teratoma’ during a subsequent neurosurgery. B...
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Veröffentlicht in: | British journal of psychiatry 2008-11, Vol.193 (5), p.388-388 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In addition to the weight loss, he reported vomiting five times per week in the 2 months before the admission, but not as a consequence of binge eating or guilt following perceived overeating. A cerebellar tumour was diagnosed, identified as an ‘atypical teratoma’ during a subsequent neurosurgery. Because of local infiltration and incomplete tumour excision, a course of radiotherapy followed the surgery. [...]they were not as prominent as the weight loss and vomiting which, together with the diagnosis of Klinefelter's syndrome and the initial negative CT scans, may have deflected attention. |
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ISSN: | 0007-1250 1472-1465 |
DOI: | 10.1192/bjp.193.5.388 |