Endocrine Abstracts

We present the case of a 40 year old man presenting at first consultation an ‘idiopathic’ fast-onset and severe polyuro-polydipsic syndrome (diuresis of 10 l/24 hours, with urine osmolality of less than 50 mOsm/kg and urine gravity lower than 1001). Clinical examination showed pallor and decreased pilosity at an asthenic patient with limited lesions of vitiligo and loss of libido. Water deprivation test showed the persistence of excretion of highly diluted amounts of...