Remission of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (arginine vasopressin resistance): description of a rare clinical case

Abstract

Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is a heterogeneous disease in the etiopathogenesis of which are involved acquired and congenital factors. In this case, the kidneys do not respond to vasopressin and continue to produce large concentrated volumes of urine. Distinctive features in the pathology of central genesis are the fact of trauma, brain tumor with involvement of pituitary gland, response to intranasal vasopressin in the form of decreased diuresis.For diagnosis it is important to perform a series of differential diagnostic tests.In this article we present a unique clinical case of a patient with a long-term course of diabetes insipidus with the development a spectrum of comorbid conditions, metabolic disorders, required kidney transplantation.