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.
Bergadá
Ignacio
I
División de Endocrinología, Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina. ibergada@cedie.org.ar
Aversa
Luis
L
Heinrich
Juan J
JJ
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*