Central diabetes insipidus unmasked by corticosteroid therapy for cerebral metastases: beware the case with pituitary involvement and hypopituitarism

Patients with intra-cerebral metastases often receive glucocorticoids, particularly in the presence of peri-lesional vasogenic cerebral oedema. We present a case of presumptive lung carcinoma with cerebral metastases where central diabetes insipidus was unmasked after glucocorticoid administration a...

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Main Authors:	HX Chin, TPL Quek, MKS Leow
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2017-09-01
Series:	The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Subjects:	anti-diuretic hormone arginine vasopressin central diabetes insipidus cerebral metastases glucocorticoids pituitary
Online Access:	https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/jrcpe_47_3_chin.pdf

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spelling	doaj-1068e3a533de46e383d1e72521fe345d2020-11-24T23:05:51ZengRoyal College of Physicians of EdinburghThe Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh1478-27152042-81892017-09-0147324724910.4997/JRCPE.2017.307Central diabetes insipidus unmasked by corticosteroid therapy for cerebral metastases: beware the case with pituitary involvement and hypopituitarismHX ChinTPL QuekMKS LeowPatients with intra-cerebral metastases often receive glucocorticoids, particularly in the presence of peri-lesional vasogenic cerebral oedema. We present a case of presumptive lung carcinoma with cerebral metastases where central diabetes insipidus was unmasked after glucocorticoid administration and correction of undiagnosed central hypocortisolism.https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/jrcpe_47_3_chin.pdfanti-diuretic hormonearginine vasopressincentral diabetes insipiduscerebral metastasesglucocorticoidspituitary
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spellingShingle	HX Chin TPL Quek MKS Leow Central diabetes insipidus unmasked by corticosteroid therapy for cerebral metastases: beware the case with pituitary involvement and hypopituitarism The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh anti-diuretic hormone arginine vasopressin central diabetes insipidus cerebral metastases glucocorticoids pituitary
author_facet	HX Chin TPL Quek MKS Leow
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title	Central diabetes insipidus unmasked by corticosteroid therapy for cerebral metastases: beware the case with pituitary involvement and hypopituitarism
title_short	Central diabetes insipidus unmasked by corticosteroid therapy for cerebral metastases: beware the case with pituitary involvement and hypopituitarism
title_full	Central diabetes insipidus unmasked by corticosteroid therapy for cerebral metastases: beware the case with pituitary involvement and hypopituitarism
title_fullStr	Central diabetes insipidus unmasked by corticosteroid therapy for cerebral metastases: beware the case with pituitary involvement and hypopituitarism
title_full_unstemmed	Central diabetes insipidus unmasked by corticosteroid therapy for cerebral metastases: beware the case with pituitary involvement and hypopituitarism
title_sort	central diabetes insipidus unmasked by corticosteroid therapy for cerebral metastases: beware the case with pituitary involvement and hypopituitarism
publisher	Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
series	The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
issn	1478-2715 2042-8189
publishDate	2017-09-01
description	Patients with intra-cerebral metastases often receive glucocorticoids, particularly in the presence of peri-lesional vasogenic cerebral oedema. We present a case of presumptive lung carcinoma with cerebral metastases where central diabetes insipidus was unmasked after glucocorticoid administration and correction of undiagnosed central hypocortisolism.
topic	anti-diuretic hormone arginine vasopressin central diabetes insipidus cerebral metastases glucocorticoids pituitary
url	https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/jrcpe_47_3_chin.pdf
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Central diabetes insipidus unmasked by corticosteroid therapy for cerebral metastases: beware the case with pituitary involvement and hypopituitarism

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