title: Diabetes insipidus 9 years after cessation of therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: A case of a 16-year-old who developed diabetes insipidus (DI) 9 years after cessation of therapy for ALL is reported. Because hereditary and traumatic factors are excluded as a cause of DI in this patient, possible explanations may be leukemic CNS relapse, secondary brain tumor, primitive idiopathic DI, and late sequelae of CNS radiochemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Pediatrics, University Hospital, Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Dibenedetto
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Mancuso
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Samperi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Cataldo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ragusa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caruso-Nicoletti
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D016371:Cranial Irradiation / Q000009:adverse effects; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors