Nurs-08. A Case Report of Rare and Profound Anterograde Amnesia in a Paediatric Survivor of a Bifocal Non Germinomatous Germ Cell Tumour and Diabetes Insipidus

Abstract

We present the case of a 12yo female who presented to the emergency department with increasing agitation, confusion, fluctuating GCS, hydrocephalus, and deranged electrolytes. MRI revealed tumour in pineal region and filling the third ventricle. Biopsy and tumour markers confirmed the diagnosis of bifocal Non Germinomatous Germ Cell Tumour (NGGCT). The diagnosis was complicated with the secondary diagnoses of diabetes insipidus and profound permanent anterograde amnesia. Whilst DI is common in NGGT in pineal region, anterograde amnesia is a very rare condition in paediatrics. Thus there is paucity of literature available to the clinicians to know how much improvement to expect or how to target rehabilitation whilst undergoing curative therapy, chemotherapy and craniospinal irradiation; however the importance of a consistent and coordinated nursing and allied health team approach with structure and errorless learning must be initiated from the beginning if independence is to be achieved.