Authors: Martín Cuesta Mark J Hannon Christopher J Thompson
Publish Date: 2017/01/10
Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 372-380
Abstract
Adipsic diabetes insipidus ADI is a very rare disorder characterized by hypotonic polyuria due to arginine vasopressin AVP deficiency and failure to generate the sensation of thirst in response to hypernatraemia As the sensation of thirst is the key homeostatic mechanism that prevents hypernatraemic dehydration in patients with untreated diabetes insipidus DI adipsia leads to failure to respond to aquaresis with appropriate fluid intake This predisposes to the development of significant hypernatraemia which is the typical biochemical manifestation of adipsic DIADI has been reported to occur in association with clipping of an anterior communicating artery aneurysm following subarachnoid haemorrhage major hypothalamic surgery traumatic brain injury and toluene exposure among other conditions Management is very difficult and patients are prone to marked changes in plasma sodium concentration in particular to the development of severe hypernatraemia Associated hypothalamic disorders such as severe obesity sleep apnoea and thermoregulatory disorders are often observed in patients with ADIThe management of ADI is challenging and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality Prognosis is variable hypothalamic complications lead to early death in some patients but recent reports highlight the possibility of recovery of thirstThis article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors All procedures performed in prior studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards
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