Leukemia is known to be an extremely rare cause of diabetes insipidus. We report a case of diabetes insipidus as a complication of leukemia. An 18 year-old man was admitted because of polyuria polydipsia and fever. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy re...
Leukemia is known to be an extremely rare cause of diabetes insipidus. We report a case of diabetes insipidus as a complication of leukemia. An 18 year-old man was admitted because of polyuria polydipsia and fever. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy revealed the diagnosis of acute erythroleukemia (AML, M6). On the water deprivation test, the diabetes insipidus was confirmed to be of the central type. He was managed with intranasal vasopressin for diabetes insipidus with good response. Induction chemotherapy was administered without response, and the patient died of septicemia and respiratory failure 2 months after initial diagnosis. A short review of the literature related to this subject is also presented.