Table 9:
Etiologies of Central Diabetes Insipidus
  • Congenital
  • Trauma/postsurgical
  • Neoplasm: Craniopharyngioma, germinoma, meningioma, leukemia, lymphoma
  • Pituitary macroadenoma with suprasellar extension
  • Metastasis
  • Granulomatous disease: histiocytosis, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis
  • Infectious: meningitis, encephalitis
  • Vascular: Aneurysm, Sheehan's syndrome
  • Autoimmune
  • Familial
  • Idiopathic
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