[Cerebral salt wasting syndrome and traumatic vasospasm after head trauma: report of two cases].
While patients with cerebral salt wasting syndrome and traumatic cerebral arterial spasms have been reported, the underlying pathogenesis of these events remains unclear. We encountered 2 patients with head trauma and cerebral infarction who presented with cerebral salt-wasting syndrome and cerebral arterial spasms. Our findings suggested hypothalamic dysfunction due to venous congestion around the hypothalamus caused cerebral salt wasting syndrome and traumatic cerebral arterial spasms.
Katsuno
Makoto
M
Department of Neurosurgery Neurological Institute, Chiba Hokuso Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Kobayashi
Shiro
S
Yokota
Hiroyuki
H
Teramoto
Akira
A
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007027:Hypothalamic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D020301:Vasospasm, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology*; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000209:etiology*