TY - JOUR
T1 - Sodium and Water Regulation in a Patient With Cerebral Salt Wasting
AU - Diringer, Michael
AU - Hanley, Daniel F.
AU - Borel, Cecil
AU - Hart, Graeme K.
AU - Kirsch, Jeffrey R.
AU - Ladenson, Paul W.
PY - 1989/8
Y1 - 1989/8
N2 - Hyponatremia, in patients with central nervous system disease, can be attributable to impaired free water excretion (syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone) or to excessive sodium excretion (cerebral salt wasting). We present a patient with a parietal glioma and hyponatremia characterized by salt wasting and dehydration. Rehydration and sodium repletion corrected the sodium and volume deficits; withdrawal of supplemental sodium resulted in recurrence of dehydration and hyponatremia. We determined sodium and water balance and measured plasma atriopeptin, antidiuretic hormone, and aldosterone. Plasma atriopeptin ranged from 8 to 44 pg/mL (normal, 45 pg/mL); antidiuretic hormone was not elevated at 4 to 5 pg/mL, and aldosterone was slightly elevated at 1040.25 pmol/L. The concentrations of these hormones could not directly explain the natriuresis; interactions with neural or other humoral factors may be involved. In evaluating such patients, careful attention to sodium and water balance is important to guide appropriate therapy.
AB - Hyponatremia, in patients with central nervous system disease, can be attributable to impaired free water excretion (syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone) or to excessive sodium excretion (cerebral salt wasting). We present a patient with a parietal glioma and hyponatremia characterized by salt wasting and dehydration. Rehydration and sodium repletion corrected the sodium and volume deficits; withdrawal of supplemental sodium resulted in recurrence of dehydration and hyponatremia. We determined sodium and water balance and measured plasma atriopeptin, antidiuretic hormone, and aldosterone. Plasma atriopeptin ranged from 8 to 44 pg/mL (normal, 45 pg/mL); antidiuretic hormone was not elevated at 4 to 5 pg/mL, and aldosterone was slightly elevated at 1040.25 pmol/L. The concentrations of these hormones could not directly explain the natriuresis; interactions with neural or other humoral factors may be involved. In evaluating such patients, careful attention to sodium and water balance is important to guide appropriate therapy.
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U2 - 10.1001/archneur.1989.00520440124031
DO - 10.1001/archneur.1989.00520440124031
M3 - Article
C2 - 2757534
AN - SCOPUS:0024315539
SN - 0003-9942
VL - 46
SP - 928
EP - 930
JO - Archives of neurology
JF - Archives of neurology
IS - 8
ER -