Volume : III, Issue : III, March - 2014

A Case of Thickened Pleura Induced Siadh

Dr. Shilpa Chikati, Dr. Himanshu Sekhar Dash, Dr. Swarnalatha . G

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The causes of hyponatremia are several , evaluation starts with assessment of volume status and followed by investigations .The diagnosis of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone(SIADH) is suggested when euvolemia with serum osmolality 100mmol/kg, urine sodium>20mmol/L. The common causes of SIADH are lung disease like tubercolosis of lung, pneumonia,onchogenic carcinoma.There are few cases of pleural diseases causing SIADH were reported. We herein report a case of severe hyponatremia due to SIADH caused by thickened pleura.

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Dr. Shilpa chikati, Dr. Himanshu sekhar dash, Dr. Swarnalatha .G A Case of Thickened Pleura Induced Siadh International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue.III March 2014

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