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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2000) 15: 717-718
© 2000 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Case Report

Concurrent pheochromocytoma, diabetes insipidus and cerebral venous thrombosis—a possible unique pathophysiological mechanism

Paola Stella1,, Giancarlo Bignotti2, Simona Zerbi1, Daniele Ciurlino1, Claudio Landoni3, Ferruccio Fazio3 and Giuseppe Bianchi1

1 Nephrology, University of Milan, San Raffaele Hospital, 2 Division of Internal Medicine, Cernusco S.N. Hospital and 3 INB, CNR, HSR Hospital, University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Keywords: catecholamines; cerebral venous thrombosis; diabetes insipidus; hypertension; pheochromocytoma; vasopressin



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Here we describe a case of concurrent cerebral venous thrombosis, pheochromocytoma and diabetes insipidus and present a hypothesis regarding a unique pathophysiological mechanism.



   Case
 
A 38-year-old Caucasian man underwent right adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma in December 1996. Three months previously, he had suffered from headache, nausea, vomiting and seizures and was unable to maintain a standing position. An extended cerebral venous thrombosis was diagnosed based on MRI findings. Two days after neurological symptoms regressed, . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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