Diabetes insipidus complicating myelofibrosis.

Diabetes insipidus complicating myelofibrosis.

A 68 year old man developed cranial diabetes insipidus 3 years after the diagnosis of myelofibrosis, coincident with a marked increase in nucleated cell count. No mass lesion was demonstrable on computed tomographic or magnetic resonance imaging. It is suggested that hypothalamic damage was caused by local infiltration or infarction, a complication of myelofibrosis which has not previously been...

Diabetes insipidus complicating total adrenalectomy.

one patient with diabetes insipidus and adrenal insufficiency has previously been described (Skillern, Corcoran, and Scherbel, 1956), although a number of patients with loss of both anterior and posterior pituitary function have been reported (Leaf, Mamby, Rasmussen, and Marasco, 1952; Engstrom and Liebman 1953; Lipsett and Pearson, 1957). Because of the difficulties encountered in the manageme...

Diabetes Insipidus

679 W E ARE PRESENTING the case histories of two children with diabetes insipidus, of particular interest because of the diversity of manifestations, the variance in etiology and the complexity of management. One patient was observed for a period of 3 years, with onset of disease at age 10 years; another was observed for a period of 8 years, with the onset of tile primary disease at 2 years and...

Diabetes insipidus.

Diabetes insipidus.

Diabetes insipidus is a metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency in the production of or response to arginine vasopressin (AVP). The lack of, or inability to appropriately respond to, AVP results in a lack of tubular reabsorption of water and urine of low specific gravity. Two main categories of diabetes insipidus are recognized in veterinary medicine: central and nephrogenic.