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Diabetes Insipidus: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis

Nephrogenic


(see Polyuria)

Central


Gestational diabetes insipidus (vasopressinase production)
Iatrogenic
   Surgery (hypophysectomy)
   Irradiation
Idiopathic
   Familial
       Isolated
          Autosomal dominant
          X-linked recessive
       Wolfram [DIDMOAD (diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness, atonia of bladder and ureters)] syndrome (autosomal recessive)
   Sporadic (one-third have circulating antibodies to vasopressin-producing cells)
Infection
   Actinomycosis
   AIDS
       CNS herpes
       CNS lymphoma
       Cytomegalovirus
   Toxoplasma gondii

   Basilar meningitis
   Blastomycosis
   Brain abscess
   Brucellosis
   Diphtheria
   Encephalitis
   Landry–Guillain-Barré syndrome
   Measles
   Mumps
   Scarlet fever
   Syphilis
   Tuberculosis
Infiltrative
   Amyloidosis
   Eosinophilic granuloma
   Histiocytosis X
   Sarcoidosis
   Wegener's granulomatosis
   Xanthoma disseminatum
Miscellaneous
   Circulating antibodies to vasopressin (secondary to Pitressin injection)
   Collagen vascular disease
   Empty sella syndrome (rarely)
   Fat embolus
   Hydrocephalus
   Lymphocytic hypophysitis
   Suprasellar and intrasellar cysts
Neoplasm
   Astrocytoma
   Craniopharyngioma
   Dysgerminoma
   Glioma
   Large pituitary adenoma
   Leukemia
   Lymphoma
   Meningioma
   Metastatic cancer (especially breast, lung, and melanoma)
   Pinealoma
Traumatic
   Birth trauma
   Head injury (basilar skull fracture)
   Post–cranial surgery
Vascular
   Aneurysm of the intracranial internal carotid artery
   Cardiopulmonary arrest
   Hypertensive encephalopathy
   Intraventricular hemorrhage
   Pituitary apoplexy
   Ruptured cerebral aneurysm
   Sheehan's syndrome
   Shock/hemorrhage
   Sickle cell crisis
   Thrombosis
   Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
   Vasculitis

References


1. Moses AM, Streeten DHP: Disorders of the Neurohypophysis, pp. 2005–2006. See Bibliography, 1.
2. Baylis PH, Thompson CJ: Diabetes Insipidus and Hyperosmolar Syndromes, pp. 257–258. See Bibliography, 2.

Book Source Details

  • Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
  • Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
  • Year of Publication: 1999
  • Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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More About This Book:
Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Authors: Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 0-78171-943-7

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