Peripheral venous thrombosis in children and adolescents with adipsic hypernatremia secondary to hypothalamic tumors.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the clinical presentation and laboratory follow-up in patients with the syndrome of adipsic hypernatremia complicated with a peripheral thrombosis event.


METHODS
Report of 3 patients (6-19 years old) with chronic hypernatremia with sustained difficulties to normalize their serum osmolality levels.


RESULTS
During post-surgical management the 3 patients developed a peripheral venous thrombotic event as a complication of their chronic hyperosmolality.


CONCLUSIONS
Chronic hypernatremia in patients with prolonged immobilization is associated with an increased risk for development of deep venous thrombosis.
División de Endocrinología, Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ibergada@cedie.org.ar
Ignacio
I
Bergadá
Luis
L
Aversa
Juan J
JJ
Heinrich
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000209:etiology*; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000453:epidemiology*