Open AccessDiabetes Insipidus in A 8-Year Old Balinese Boy
Author(s) -
Aan Prayoga,
IN Westra,
Sudaryat Suraatmadja
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
paediatrica indonesiana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2338-476X
pISSN - 0030-9311
DOI - 10.14238/pi34.1-2.1994.57-61
Subject(s) - medicine , chlorpropamide , polydipsia , diabetes insipidus , pediatrics , diabetes mellitus , desmopressin , polyuria , psychogenic disease , differential diagnosis , endocrinology , psychiatry , pathology
We report a case of diabetes insipidus in a 8 years old Balinese boy. The diagnosis was based on clinical features, laboratory findings, and a good result to chlorpropamide therapy. Common differential diagnoses, i.e., were hypercalcemia, potassium deficiency, psychogenic polydipsia, and diabetes mellitus, could be excluded. The treatment of first choice for diabetes mellitus is desmopressin acetate; however, since the drug was not available, we gave chlorpropamide instead. The patient responded well to 125 mg of clorpropamide twice daily.