Cerebral salt wasting syndrome in a patient with tuberculous meningitis.
We report a case of a 65 year male with meningitis who had polyuria, severe hyponatremia, volume depletion and very high urinary sodium excretion. He was diagnosed to have cerebral salt wasting syndrome based on clinical and laboratory parameters.
Ravishankar
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Manipal Institute of Nephrology and Urology, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore.
Mangala
Prakash
G K
GK
Shetty
K J
KJ
Ballal
H S
HS
D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000150:complications*