Cerebral salt wasting syndrome in a patient with a pituitary adenoma.
Cerebral salt wasting syndrome (CSWS) is often an unrecognized cause of hyponatremia that occurs in the setting of intracranial lesions. It is important to differentiate CSWS from the syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion, as this would alter the management of hyponatremia. We describe a case of CSWS that occurred in association with a non-functioning pituitary adenoma.
Singh
S K
SK
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India.
Unnikrishnan
A G
AG
Reddy
V S
VS
Sahay
R K
RK
Bhadada
S K
SK
Agrawal
J K
JK
D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007177:Inappropriate ADH Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology