Neurogenic hypernatraemia: case report.
A 49-year-old man was submitted to neurosurgery for a cranio-pharyngioma. The lesion, which appeared to involve the antero-inferior wall of the third ventricle, caused lack of appropriate antidiuretic hormone (ADH) release in response to hypernatraemia and plasma hyperosmolality. The probable mechanism of this hypothalamic syndrome is suggested.
D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000378:metabolism
D014667:Vasopressins; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium