Endocrine Abstracts

Adipsic hypernatremia, a rare hypothalamic disorder characterized by a loss of thirst in response to hypernatremia is more often reported in children. An autoimmune mechanism has been recently demonstrated. We report two cases.Case1: A lean 67-year-old female, with a history of multilocular sclerosis, was admitted, for severe hypernatremia (162 mmol/l) with low ADH level (0.5 pmol/l; N: 0.5-2). She did not complain of thirst, despite ideomotor slowing an...