1Department of Critical care, Sheri-kashmir institute of medical sciences, soura, Srinagar j&k, India
2Department of laboratory hematology, Sheri-kashmir institute of medical sciences, soura, Srinagar, j&k, India
3Department of clinical hematology Sheri-kashmir institute of medical sciences, soura, Srinagar, j&k, India
4Department of pediatrics Sheri-kashmir institute of medical sciences, soura, Srinagar, j&k, India
5Department of general surgery Sheri-kashmir institute of medical sciences, soura, Srinagar, j&k, India
American Journal of Medical Case Reports.
2014,
Vol. 2 No. 11, 247-249
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-2-11-6
Copyright © 2014 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Yasir Bashir, Nusrat Bashir, Sajad Geelani, Asif Ahmed, Manzoor Parry, Shabeer Ahmad, Javid Rasool. Hyperphagia- A Rare Clinical Presentation of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Relapse.
American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2014; 2(11):247-249. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-2-11-6.
Correspondence to: Asif Ahmed, Department of pediatrics Sheri-kashmir institute of medical sciences, soura, Srinagar, j&k, India. Email:
drasifahmed@gmail.comAbstract
Hyperphagia (also referred to as polyphagia) is a serious eating disorder defined as an extreme unsatisfied drive to consume food and the most common sign that aperson has hyperphagia is obesity. It can be caused commonly by variety of congenital obesity syndromes and rarely by acquired hypothalamic dysfunction.Here we report a clinical manifestation of a child who was a diagnosed case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and was on maintenance chemotherapy when parents noted her overeating and on evaluation she proved to have central nervous system relapse.
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