{"title":"An Unusual Cause of Acute Hyponatraemia.","authors":"C Gyan, O Cox, C Roseveare","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present the case of an 81 year old man, admitted with ataxia and hyponatraemia. Biochemical analysis was suggestive of Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH (SiADH) which was initially attributed to a recent respiratory infection or treatment with omeprazole. Neurological symptoms worsened despite normalisation of sodium levels and further examination revealed generalised areflexia; subsequent investigation by the Regional Neurology team led to a diagnosis of Guillan Barre syndrome, and symptoms improved following treatment with Intravenous Immunoglobulin and prolonged in-patient rehabilitation. Guillan Barre syndrome is a recognised cause of SiADH and this case highlights the importance of considering this diagnosis along with full neurological examination when patients with hyponatraemia present with neurological symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":39743,"journal":{"name":"Acute Medicine","volume":"23 4","pages":"200-202"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acute Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We present the case of an 81 year old man, admitted with ataxia and hyponatraemia. Biochemical analysis was suggestive of Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH (SiADH) which was initially attributed to a recent respiratory infection or treatment with omeprazole. Neurological symptoms worsened despite normalisation of sodium levels and further examination revealed generalised areflexia; subsequent investigation by the Regional Neurology team led to a diagnosis of Guillan Barre syndrome, and symptoms improved following treatment with Intravenous Immunoglobulin and prolonged in-patient rehabilitation. Guillan Barre syndrome is a recognised cause of SiADH and this case highlights the importance of considering this diagnosis along with full neurological examination when patients with hyponatraemia present with neurological symptoms.
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