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ArticleCase reports in nephrology2022

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Manifests with Acute Severe Hypernatremia during Hospitalization.

Kullaya Takkavatakarn, Hansamon Poparn, Pisut Katavetin

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Kullaya TakkavatakarnDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6236-8893
Hansamon PoparnDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9389-4653
Pisut KatavetinDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8779-500X

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Abstract

Central diabetes insipidus (DI) is characterized by a deficiency in arginine vasopressin (AVP), an antidiuretic hormone leading to excessive free water loss in the urine and hypernatremia. Central DI can be the first presentation of several occult diseases. However, patients with central DI who have functioning thirst mechanisms and access to water may initially exhibit normal sodium levels. We report a 57-year-old woman who was admitted to the hospital due to cholangitis. Her initial serum sodium was normal and she rapidly developed severe hypernatremia after fluid restriction. The results of the laboratory workup indicated DI, which dramatically responded to desmopressin. MRI showed an ill-defined faint hyper signal intensity in T1, T2/FLAIR lesions involving the bilateral hypothalamus. The histopathological findings confirmed the diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) with multiorgan involvement. Serum sodium returned to normal after receiving desmopressin and water replacement therapy.

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