Autosomal dominant familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus (adFNDI) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by polyuria and polydipsia due to deficiency of arginine vasopressin (AVP). More than 50 mutations causing adFNDI have been already reported in the AVP gene. The aim of the present study is to analyze the AVP gene in four generations of one Brazilian kindred with adFNDI. The proband was a 31-year old female with huge hypotonic polyuria (10 L/day) dated from childhood. Molecular analysis included amplification […]

The maintenance of normal plasma osmolality depends on the interaction of some complex mechanisms that regulates the extracellular fluid and sodium levels, involving antidiuretic hormone (ADH) actions, thirst, and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. The hyponatremia may be caused by salt depletion, dilution mechanisms, or metabolic disturbances and is a frequent occurrence after the pituitary surgery, affecting 9 to 35% of these patients. Its causes can be the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) or, more frequently, the cerebral salt-wasting […]