Diabetes insipidus 9 years after cessation of therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

S P Dibenedetto; G R Mancuso; P Samperi; A Di Cataldo; R Ragusa; M Caruso-Nicoletti

doi:10.3109/08880019109033456

Diabetes insipidus 9 years after cessation of therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1991 Jul-Sep;8(3):231-3. doi: 10.3109/08880019109033456.

Authors

S P Dibenedetto¹, G R Mancuso, P Samperi, A Di Cataldo, R Ragusa, M Caruso-Nicoletti

Affiliation

¹ Department of Hematology and Pediatrics, University Hospital, Catania, Italy.

PMID: 1742181
DOI: 10.3109/08880019109033456

Abstract

A case of a 16-year-old who developed diabetes insipidus (DI) 9 years after cessation of therapy for ALL is reported. Because hereditary and traumatic factors are excluded as a cause of DI in this patient, possible explanations may be leukemic CNS relapse, secondary brain tumor, primitive idiopathic DI, and late sequelae of CNS radiochemotherapy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
Child
Cranial Irradiation / adverse effects
Diabetes Insipidus / etiology*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / therapy*
Time Factors