Acute myeloid leukemia presenting with diabetes insipidus

Willi Wössmann; Arndt Borkhardt; Regina Gossen; Franz-Josef Göbel; Alfred Reiter

doi:10.1007/s00431-001-0897-1

Acute myeloid leukemia presenting with diabetes insipidus

Eur J Pediatr. 2002 Mar;161(3):161-2. doi: 10.1007/s00431-001-0897-1.

Authors

Willi Wössmann¹, Arndt Borkhardt, Regina Gossen, Franz-Josef Göbel, Alfred Reiter

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 11998915
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-001-0897-1

Abstract

A central diabetes insipidus should be considered as a sign of primary CNS involvement in patients with acute myeloid leukemia even in the case of normal cerebrospinal fluid and magnetic resonance imaging findings.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Combined Modality Therapy
Diabetes Insipidus / etiology*
Diabetes Insipidus / therapy
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid / complications*
Leukemia, Myeloid / therapy
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications