Diabetes insipidus after traumata of two extremes in severity.
Two patients with post-traumatic diabetes insipidus (DI) are reported. One had suffered a fatal injury and the other a mild contusion without amnesia before DI developed. These two instances exemplify the wide spectrum of post-traumatic DI and, hence, the importance of ruling out DI even afer a mild closed-head injury.
Yoshida
J
J
Department of Surgery, Wakamatsu Municipal Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Shiroozu
A
A
Zaitsu
A
A
Imazono
Y
Y
Kohrogi
T
T
Yokohata
K
K
Kishikawa
H
H
D000328:Adult; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000293:injuries*; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality
D014667:Vasopressins; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin