Case 31-2017: A 19-Month-Old Girl with Failure to Thrive

A 19-month-old girl presented with failure to thrive. Growth had been normal until she was 9 months of age, when she weighed 7.0 kg. Over the next 10 months, she did not gain weight despite growing normally in length. She appeared happy and playful. A diagnosis was made.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2017-10, Vol.377 (15), p.1468-1477
Hauptverfasser:	Curran, Marjorie A, Madhavan, Vandana L, Caruso, Paul A, Ebb, David H, Williams, Erik A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Astrocytoma - complications Astrocytoma - diagnostic imaging Astrocytoma - pathology Blood Chemical Analysis Cachexia - etiology Case reports Children & youth Diagnosis, Differential Energy Intake Failure to Thrive - etiology Female Humans Hypothalamic Diseases - diagnosis Hypothalamic Neoplasms - complications Hypothalamic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Hypothalamic Neoplasms - pathology Infant Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medical diagnosis Neurological disorders Pediatrics Physical growth
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Zusammenfassung:	A 19-month-old girl presented with failure to thrive. Growth had been normal until she was 9 months of age, when she weighed 7.0 kg. Over the next 10 months, she did not gain weight despite growing normally in length. She appeared happy and playful. A diagnosis was made.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMcpc1706106