Diabetes insipidus in a pediatric patient with systemic lupus erythematosus - A case report

Tekin N., Kural N., Kocak A., Kose S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.39, no.2, pp.281-284, 1997 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 39 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1997
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.281-284
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

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 development of diabetes insipidus (DI), which responded to desmopressin, was an interesting finding in this case. Therapy consisting of high-dose methylprednisolone combined with cyclophosphamide was effective in Improving the symptoms as well as the DI.