DIABETES-INSIPIDUS IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
TEKIN N KURAL N KOCAK AK KOSE S
Citation
N. Tekin et al., DIABETES-INSIPIDUS IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS - A CASE-REPORT, Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 39(2), 1997, pp. 281-284
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00414301
Volume
39
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
281 - 284
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-4301(1997)39:2<281:DIAPPW>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the central nervous system (CNS ) produces numerous and varying clinical disorders. A 14-year-old girl with the features of cerebral Involvement In SLE is presented. The de velopment of diabetes insipidus (DI), which responded to desmopressin, was an interesting finding in this case. Therapy consisting of high-d ose methylprednisolone combined with cyclophosphamide was effective in Improving the symptoms as well as the DI.