Inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone, polydipsia and hypothalamic calcifications.
We studied a 41 year old patient who had pathologic fluid intake of 10 1/day together with syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone. Imaging studies revealed a lesion of the anterior wall of the third cerebral ventricle. A review of relevant literature indicated several different disturbances by which alterations of thirst, vasopressin-secretion and abnormalities of anterior third ventricle may be associated. The present case presents an unusual and potentially dangerous combination in this spectrum of changes.
Gross
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P
Abteilung für Innere Medizin und Nephrologie, Klinikum Steglitz, Freie Universität Berlin.
Wichmann
A
A
Walb
D
D
Hensen
J
J
Abdelhamid
S
S
D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D004326:Drinking; D006801:Humans; D007027:Hypothalamic Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000503:physiopathology; D007177:Inappropriate ADH Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000097:blood*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
D014667:Vasopressins