title: [Diabetes insipidus and pregnancy].
abstract: Diabetes insipidus is an uncommon pathology; its incidence varies from two to six cases in 100,000 pregnancies. It has multiple etiologies and it is classified in central and neurogenic. Patients with diabetes insipidus generally show intense thirst, polyuria, neurologic symptoms and hypernatremia. It does not seem to alter the patient's fertility. Diabetes insipidus is usually associated with pre-eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, and fatty liver disease of pregnancy. This is a report of a case seen at the Hospital General de Cholula, in Puebla, Mexico. A 19 year-old female, with 37.2 weeks of pregnancy, had a history of Langerhans cell histiocytosis since she was four years. Patient was treated with intranasal desmopressin until 2005. She went to an obstetric evaluation; laboratory and cabinet studies were obtained. A healthy 1900 g female was obtained through vaginal delivery, with a 7/9 Apgar score. We should be familiarized with this uncommon pathology because of its association with several obstetric emergencies.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Angeles del Pedregal, Colonia Heroes de Padema, DF México.
authors.forename: Oswaldo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez Cruz
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Careaga Benítez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy