[Diabetes insipidus and Langerhans-cell histiocytosis without changes in cerebral CAT and NMR]

Rev Clin Esp. 1991 Dec;189(9):428-30.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

In LCH extended disease CNS involvement in is not infrequent. Diabetes insipidus, due to the affectation of hypothalamus-hypophysis axis, is its most frequent finding. The solitary affectation of hypothalamus-hypophysis axis is exceptional. At times, it's a difficult diagnosis and could precede the diagnosis of LCH several years. Usually, CAT and NMR show morphologic lesions. We report a patient who was diagnosed of idiopathic diabetes insipidus when he was 16 years old. Seven year later, he was diagnosed of LCH after underwent a bone marrow biopsy examination, just when the disease involved the bone and lung. Cerebral CAT and NMR didn't show morphologic lesions. In the presence of morphologic lesions in hypothalamus and/or hypophysis, proved by cerebral CAT and NMR, or a clinical setting of DI, the possibility of LCH must be considered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Bone Marrow Examination
  • Bone and Bones / pathology
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diabetes Insipidus / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / diagnosis*
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / pathology
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed