Pineal germinoma presenting as anorexia nervosa: Case report and review of the literature.

Objective: Tumors of the hypothalamic-pineal region may present with a wide variety of symptoms, including disturbed eating. We present a case where such a tumor was misdiagnosed as anorexia nervosa.

Method: We describe a case of pineal germinoma invading the hypothalamus, which was initially diagnosed as anorexia nervosa.