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Min Jeong Choi1, Yoon Su Oh, Se Jin Park
1The Institute of Kidney Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Children’s Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract:
Cerebral salt wasting is characterized by inappropriate natriuresis and volume contraction with associated cerebral pathology. It is distinct from the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion, which is characterized by inappropriate retention of free water. We report a patient with a porencephalic cyst who developed cerebral salt wasting. His initial treatment was supplementation of water and salt, which did not improve natriuresis or volume contraction. Fludrocortisone administration effectively managed the cerebral salt wasting.
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