title: Cerebral salt wasting syndrome as a postoperative complication after surgical resection of acoustic neuroma.
abstract: METHODS
  Retrospective case review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary care, university hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors describe two patients operated on for acoustic neuroma in whom hyponatremia occurred after intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Acoustic neuroma surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Wrong diagnosis in case of central nervous system disorder associated with hyponatremia can have fatal consequences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case report associating cerebral salt wasting syndrome with previous surgical resection of acoustic neuroma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trías i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain. 12226frs@comb.es
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roca-Ribas
authors.forename: Joel E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ninno
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gasperin
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Llubiá
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001926:Brain Death / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002496:Central Venous Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007671:Kidney Concentrating Ability / Q000502:physiology*; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000503:physiopathology; D009318:Natriuresis / Q000502:physiology*; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood; D013577:Syndrome; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D012964:Sodium