Etiologies of Central Diabetes Insipidus in 21 Children

Authors

Ayşenur ÖKTEN
Mukaddes DOĞAN KALYONCU
Gülay KARAGÜZEL
Rasim KAMACI

DOI

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Abstract

This study is a retrospective analysis of 21 cases of central diabetes insipidus (CDI) at KTU Faculty of Medicine, Farabi Hospital from January 1987 to December 1995. Their ages ranged from one month to 16 years (mean 5.6±4.2 years), 9 were female and 11 male. Nine children had idiopathic CDI, 5 had DIDMOAD syndrome, 3 had Langerhans cell histiocytosis, 2 had cranioppharyngioma 1 had Alstršm syndrome, and one had posstraumatic DI. High percentages of idiopathic CDI and DIDMOAD syndrome, were found in our series. Our case with Alstršm syndrome was the first case associated with CDI, in the literature.

Keywords

Central diabetes insipidus, etiology, childhood.

First Page

315

Last Page

317

Recommended Citation

ÖKTEN, Ayşenur; KALYONCU, Mukaddes DOĞAN; KARAGÜZEL, Gülay; and KAMACI, Rasim (1997) "Etiologies of Central Diabetes Insipidus in 21 Children," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 27: No. 4, Article 7. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol27/iss4/7