Catalog

Diencephalic syndrome

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Diencephalic syndrome – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/879659089

Diencephalic syndrome is characterised by a complex series of signs and symptoms related to hypothalamic dysfunction. Its main features are emaciation, despite a normal or slightly diminished calories intake, and an alert appearance. DS has been almost exclusively described in association with space-occupying lesions of the hypothalamic-optic chiasma region, mainly juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma.