Case ReportInternational Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics

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Secondary narcolepsy in a child after resection of a craniopharyngioma

Int J Contemp Pediatr. 2016;3(1):291-293.DOI10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20160181

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Abstract

Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder of sleep characterised by excessive daytime sleepiness and has been reported following the removal of a craniopharyngioma due to a host of neurological and endocrinological causative factors. We present here a case of a child that developed secondary narcolepsy following resection of a craniopharyngioma.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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