Brain research bulletin
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Brain research bulletin · Oct 1981
Case ReportsThermoregulatory disorders after removal of a craniopharyngioma from the third cerebral ventricle.
Aspiration and dissection of a cystic tumor from the third ventricle of a 3-year-old child resulted in several hypothalamic symptoms. One of the most persistent and troubling symptoms was marked hyperthermia which could not be traced to an infectious origin. ⋯ The unusual thermoregulatory status of this patient is similar to that seen in laboratory animals with hypothalamic lesions and to that observed with certain naturally occurring hypothalamic lesions in man. This dysthermia has been successfully treated with chlorpromazine.