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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1972;15(12):1155-1159. Published online December 31, 1972.

A Case of Organic Diabetes Insipidus due to Tuberculous Menigitis

Yong Kwon Lee¹, Khi Ok Lee¹, Kyung Yul Oh¹, Johng Geun Ahn¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University

Abstract

A case of organic diabetes insipidus is presented. The patient was 11 years old girl when she was first seen in this department, who had a past history of tuberculous meningitis. Hickey-Harre test showed negative result, and pitressin positive. Serum sodium and chloride levels were raised above normal. Chest X-ray showed calcified hilar lymphnodes. Skull X-ray revealed calcification above sella turcica, which was compatible to healed tuberculous meningitis. When she was seen 4 years later, her symptomes of diabetes insipidus, e.g.，polyuria and polydipsia were found to have been disappeared spontaneously and the urine specific gravity was restored to normal range.

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