The state of erection in a patient with craniopharyngioma, panhypopituitarism and diencephalic obesity

The article presents a clinical case from the practice of a patient with craniopharyngioma. The man of reproductive age with diencephalic obesity (BMI 35 kg/m²), recurrent craniopharyngioma, a long history of endocrine disorders (panhypopituitarism, including secondary hypogonadism, with the corresponding sexual function disorders and the lack of sexual activity), with visual disorders and psychiatric symptoms in the early postoperative period after shunting surgery and reducing the volume of the craniopharyngioma cyst, erection conditions arose against the background of episodes of disorders of consciousness within the framework of sleep dissociation.

After the operation (installation of the Ommaya system), the patient had a state of «spontaneous» erection lasting up to 30 minutes against the background of dream-oneiric states of impaired consciousness with erotic experiences. These states were observed for 3 nights, the patient remembered the experiences and events that occurred to him «in a dream», and could tell about them to others on the next morning. The identity of the patient remained intact, he was active in the department, ordered in behavior; memory for current events and new information was intact. These disorders in the patient did not require specialized treatment, regressed independently on the 6th day of the postoperative period.

сase report, craniopharyngioma, obesity, early postoperative period, erection, hypogonadism, oneiroid, disorder of consciousness, damage to the diencephalic region

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