Central Diabetes Insipidus

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INSIDIOUS BREAST CANCER TO THE PITUITARY REQUIRING GLUCOCORTICOID REPLACEMENT SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE UNMASKING PHENOMENON OF CENTRAL DIABETES INSIPIDUS

Case Presentation: A 54 year-old female presented to the ED with five days of fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, increasing confusion, and somnolence after a recent viral illness. On physical exam, she was noted [...]

By | 2019-03-11T14:31:50+00:00 March 11th, 2019|Adult, Clinical Vignettes, Hospital Medicine 2019|Comments Off on INSIDIOUS BREAST CANCER TO THE PITUITARY REQUIRING GLUCOCORTICOID REPLACEMENT SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE UNMASKING PHENOMENON OF CENTRAL DIABETES INSIPIDUS
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SODIUM ‘SWING AND A MISS’: A CASE OF SODIUM SHIFTS AND MASKED ENDOCRINOPATHIES

Case Presentation: A 33-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer and recent subtotal resection of a suprasellar brain metastasis presented with subacute fatigue and confusion a month after her surgery. She was oriented only to self, [...]

By | 2019-03-11T14:37:55+00:00 March 11th, 2019|Adult, Clinical Vignettes, Hospital Medicine 2019|Comments Off on SODIUM ‘SWING AND A MISS’: A CASE OF SODIUM SHIFTS AND MASKED ENDOCRINOPATHIES
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