Yonsei Med J.  1990 Mar;31(1):71-73. 10.3349/ymj.1990.31.1.71.

Diabetes insipidus after traumata of two extremes in severity

• Yoshida J
• Shiroozu A
• Zaitsu A
• Imazono Y
• Kohrogi T
• Yokohata K
• Kishikawa

• KMID: 1121424
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.1990.31.1.71

Abstract

Two patients with post-traumatic diabetes insipidus (DI) are reported. One had suffered a fatal injury and the other a mild contusion without amnesia before DI developed. These two instances exemplify the wide spectrum of post-traumatic DI and, hence, the importance of ruling out DI even afer a mild closed-head injury.

Keyword

Diabetes insipidus; trauma

MeSH Terms

Adult
Case Report
Central Nervous System/*injuries
Desmopressin/therapeutic use
Diabetes Insipidus/drug therapy/*etiology/physiopathology
Diuresis/drug effects
Female
Human
Male
Middle Age
Vasopressins/therapeutic use
Wounds and Injuries/*complications/mortality