title: Diabetes insipidus developing after subarachnoid haemorrhage from an anterior communicating artery aneurysm.
abstract: I describe a patient with an anterior communicating artery aneurysm who developed transient diabetes insipidus two days after a subarachnoid haemorrhage. I have reviewed similar cases in the literature and discuss the pathogenesis of the diabetes insipidus in such cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: McMahon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*