Inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) secretion in a patient with extensive fibrothorax.
A 68 year-old woman, treated 30 years ago by collapse therapy for tuberculosis of the lung, presently developed the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone scretion. The investigation revealed only an extensive right fibrothorax. The possible relation between the latter and her present illness is discussed.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007177:Inappropriate ADH Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*