RECOVERY FROM REFRACTORY DIABETES INSIPIDUS ASSOCIATED WITH NARCOLEPSY
Authors: H C MODLIN, W DE M SCRIVER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Case Reports1 September 1951RECOVERY FROM REFRACTORY DIABETES INSIPIDUS ASSOCIATED WITH NARCOLEPSYHERBERT C. MODLIN, M.D., WALTER DEM. SCRIVER, M.D., F.A.C.P.HERBERT C. MODLIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WALTER DEM. SCRIVER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-3-710 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe hypothalamus has been suggested as the anatomic locus for many diseases and syndromes, two of which are narcolepsy and diabetes insipidus. Evidence that diabetes insipidus originates here is convincing. It has been established both clinically3and experimentally10, 20that this syndrome results from a lesion of the hypothalamico-hypophysial tract. Specifically, bilateral destruction of the supraoptic nuclei produces diabetes insipidus although high section of the infundibular stalk may do the same. Removal of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland does not result in water imbalance. In sleep disturbances of the narcoleptic type we are less certain of the etiology,...Bibliography1. Beattie J: Functional aspects of the hypothalamus, in The hypothalamus, 1938, Olin and Boyd, Edinburgh. Google Scholar2. BestTaylor CHNB: The physiological basis of medical practice, 1945, Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore. Google Scholar3. Biggart JH: Diabetes insipidus, Edinburgh M. J. 43: 417, 1936. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Biggart JH: Anatomical basis for resistance to pituitrin in diabetes insipidus, J. Path. and Bact. 44: 305-314, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Daniels LE: Narcolepsy, Medicine 13: 1-122, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Dott NM: Surgical aspects of the hypothalamus, in The hypothalamus, 1938, Olin and Boyd, Edinburgh. 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