MR in idiopathic central diabetes insipidus of childhood.
We present the cases of two children with presumed idiopathic central diabetes insipidus whose follow-up MR studies eventually revealed hypothalamic tumors. Thin-section sagittal T1-weighted MR with gadolinium administration is important in the evaluation of these children, and serial examinations are probably necessary.
Appignani
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Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
Landy
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Barnes
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D002648:Child; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D018237:Germinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male