used for the treatment of some psychiatric disorders (Marples, Christensen , Christensen , Ottosen and Nielsen, 1995). Many bipolar disorder patients become stabilized during the administration of lithium carbonate. Nevertheless, it produces several unwanted side effects, including polydipsia and polyuria (Penney and Hampton, 1990). At present, it is not clear the origin and mechanism of these ...

1. A patient with polyuria in whom diabetes insipidus had been diagnosed was treated with Pitressin. Resistance to this therapy developed after 18 months and a circulating antibody to vasopressin was then demonstrated. Withdrawal of therapy led to a fall in titre of the antibody and an increase in maximal urinary concentration. 2. The antibody to vasopressin was associated with the IgA fraction...

The purpose of this article is to review the current state of knowledge on contributions of nocturnal urine overproduction and overactive bladder to the syndrome of nocturia. We review the recent literature and current state of the art in differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, and classification of nocturia. We found that multiple pathologic factors may result in nocturia, including cardiovas...

The clinical picture of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is diverse because various organs can be affected. We describe the case of a 56-year-old man with acute renal failure and tuberoinfundibular hypophysitis due to IgG4-RD. Steroid therapy lowered the serum IgG4 level and ameliorated renal dysfunction, bilateral hydronephrosis and retroperitoneal fibrosis. However, polyuria from post-obstructi...

PURPOSE We reviewed the definition and etiologies of nocturia, offering the current diagnostic procedures and standards of care. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed recent published literature regarding nocturia, along with current paradigms for diagnosis and management. RESULTS Nocturia is common as a limited occurrence but troublesome if the patient regularly experiences more than 2 episode...

Central diabetes insipidus (CDI) is characterized clinically by the presence of polyuria with the subsequent development of volume depletion and hypernatremia. In patients with dialysis-dependent end-stage renal disease (ESRD), neither of these findings can be expressed due to the absence of renal function. A 59-year-old woman with anuric ESRD of unknown etiology had been on peritoneal dialysis...

Q1: What are the possible causes of thirst and polyuria in this woman? The two likely causes of thirst and polyuria in this patient are central diabetes insipidus secondary to previous pituitary surgery and hypercalcaemia. In our patient, a normal water deprivation test excluded central diabetes insipidus. Cranial surgery accounts for 20% cases of central diabetes insipidus in adults. After pit...

rabson-mendenhall syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by growth retardation, dysmorphisms, lack of subcutaneous fat, acanthosis nigricans, enlarged genitalia, hirsutism, dysplastic dentition, coarse facial features, paradoxical fasting hypoglycemia, postprandial hyperglycemia, extreme hyperinsulinemia and pineal hyperplasia. herein, we described a 10- year-old girl with physical f...

Introduction: Polyuria and hypernatremia are common problems during the pretransplant care of brain-dead donors. They have not only important role in hemodynamic stability, but also may influence organ transplantation outcomes. The influence of donor hypernatremia in liver transplantation was reported. This study aimed to determine these effects on kidney allograft. Materials and Methods: We re...