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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Avicenna J Med 2015; 05(03): 89-94
DOI: 10.4103/2231-0770.160248
CASE REPORT

Rapid-onset obesity, hypoventilation, hypothalamic dysfunction, autonomic dysregulation syndrome

Ismaeil Maksoud
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus, Syria
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Lina Kassab
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus, Syria
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Abstract

Rapid-onset obesity with hypoventilation, hypothalamic dysfunction and autonomic dysregulation syndrome is a rare disorder that presents with rapidly evolving obesity with several endocrine disorders during early childhood. We present here a documented case of a 6-year-old Syrian girl with the characteristic symptoms of rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation, associated with an abdominal mass (mature ganglioneuroma).

Keywords

Ganglioneuroma - hypoventilation - obesity - rapid-onset obesity with hypoventilation - hypothalamic dysfunction - and autonomic dysregulation syndrome


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Article published online:
09 August 2021

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