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Hypothalamic neoplasm

MedGen UID:
5717
•Concept ID:
C0020659
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Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Hypothalamic Neoplasm; Hypothalamic Neoplasms; Hypothalamic Tumor; Hypothalamic Tumors; Hypothalamus Neoplasm; Hypothalamus Neoplasms; Hypothalamus Tumor; Hypothalamus Tumors; Neoplasm, Hypothalamic; Neoplasm, Hypothalamus; Neoplasms, Hypothalamic; Neoplasms, Hypothalamus; Tumor, Hypothalamic; Tumor, Hypothalamus; Tumors, Hypothalamic; Tumors, Hypothalamus
SNOMED CT: Tumor of hypothalamus (254968009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006799

Definition

A primary or metastatic neoplasm that affects the hypothalamus. [from NCI]

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Treatment of true precocious puberty with a potent luteinizing hormone-releasing factor agonist: effect on growth, sexual maturation, pelvic sonography, and the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.
Styne DM, Harris DA, Egli CA, Conte FA, Kaplan SL, Rivier J, Vale W, Grumbach MM
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1985 Jul;61(1):142-51. doi: 10.1210/jcem-61-1-142. PMID: 3923027

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Therapy

Treatment of true precocious puberty with a potent luteinizing hormone-releasing factor agonist: effect on growth, sexual maturation, pelvic sonography, and the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.
Styne DM, Harris DA, Egli CA, Conte FA, Kaplan SL, Rivier J, Vale W, Grumbach MM
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1985 Jul;61(1):142-51. doi: 10.1210/jcem-61-1-142. PMID: 3923027

Prognosis

Treatment of true precocious puberty with a potent luteinizing hormone-releasing factor agonist: effect on growth, sexual maturation, pelvic sonography, and the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.
Styne DM, Harris DA, Egli CA, Conte FA, Kaplan SL, Rivier J, Vale W, Grumbach MM
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1985 Jul;61(1):142-51. doi: 10.1210/jcem-61-1-142. PMID: 3923027

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