fluoxetine, a widely used antidepressant, can affect the serum sodium level. the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare changes in the serum sodium level of depressive patients taking fluoxetine according to age.this quasi-experimental study was conducted on 126 patients with depression, dividing the patients into two age groups of 15 to 35 years, and above 55 years, who referred to psyc...

RANKL: Receptor activator of nuclear factorkappa B ligand; PTHrP: Parathyroid Hormone Related Peptide; ACTH: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; POMC: Pro-Opiomelanocortin; PNES: Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndrome; OPG: Osteoprotegrin; CS: Cushing’s Syndrome; CLIP: Corticotrophin-Like Intermediate Lobe Peptide; MSH: α-Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone; CLIP: Corticotrophin-Like Intermediate Lobe Peptide; ...

Hyponatraemia occurred in five cases with severe Guillain-Barr6 syndrome who required assisted respiration. In one, the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of ADH was demonstrated and probably accounted for the hyponatraemia in the other four. The water overload thus produced may have contributed to the neurological deterioration and the peripheral and pulmonary oedema seen in some of these cases.

Hyponatremia is a marker of different underlying diseases and it can be a cause of morbidity itself; this implies the importance of a correct approach to the problem. The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis (SIAD) is one of the most common causes of hyponatremia: it is a disorder of sodium and water balance characterized by urinary dilution impairment and hypotonic hyponatremia, in the absen...

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) may develop in association with several malignancies. However, as an immunohistochemical analysis is not performed in the majority cases, its true cause is often uncertain. We herein report a case of SIADH following chemotherapy due to tumor-derived ADH production in a patient with mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma...