Schwartz-Bartter's syndrome and mesencephalic astrocytoma.
A case of an astrocytoma arising in the mesencephalon is reported. The patient was first treated at the age of 11 years. He led a normal life for almost 20 years and survived for 25 years in spite of a recurrence 14 years after the initial operation. The last couple of years he developed various neurological disorders and a Schwartz-Bartter's syndrome. The clinical picture is explained by the growth of the tumor along the neuraxis to the hypothalamus.
University Department of Neuropathology, Aarhus Kommunehospital, Denmark.
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D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007177:Inappropriate ADH Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed