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Transient hypothalamic hypothyroidism and diabetes insipidus after electrical injury
Ali Ozdemir1, Pinar Seymen, Omer Atalay Yürekli
1Department of Internal Medicine, Havdarpasa State Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Southern Medical Journal
|April 18, 2002
Abstract:
Transient or permanent diabetes insipidus (DI) due to damage in vasopressinergic neurons--which may be hereditary or caused by head injury, brain surgery, tumors, granulomatous disorders, infections, vascular disorders, autoimmunity, and idiopathic causes--is not rare. Hypothalamic hypothyroidism is due to decreased thyrotropin-releasing hormone secretion and is seen rarely. We report a case of transient hypothalamic hypothyroidism and transient DI due to electrical injury.