title: Intracranial calcification in central diabetes insipidus.
abstract: Intracranial calcification is a known but extremely rare complication of diabetes insipidus. To date, only 16 patients have been reported and all had the peripheral (nephrogenic) type of diabetes insipidus. We report a child with intracranial calcification complicating central diabetes insipidus. We also report a child with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, and compare the patterns of intracranial calcification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, Al Razi Hospital, Gamal Abdel Nasser Street, Kuwait 4234, Kuwait.
authors.forename: Salwa Ramadan
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Al-Kandari
authors.forename: Tarun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Mona H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Badawi
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed