A Pregnant Woman with Excess Vasopressinase-Induced Diabetes Insipidus Complicated by Central Diabetes Insipidus like Lymphocytic Infundibulo-Neurohypophysitis.
Shinnosuke YanagisawaYoichi OikawaMai EndoKazuyuki InoueRitsuko NakajimaShigemitsu YasudaMasayasu SatoNaoko IwataHaruki FujisawaAtsushi SuzukiYoshihisa SugimuraMasashi IsshikiAkira ShimadaPublished in: Case reports in endocrinology (2024)
In addition to the degradation of AVP by excess placental vasopressinase due to the enlarged placenta, an insufficient compensatory increase in AVP secretion from the posterior pituitary gland due to LINH-like pathogenesis might have led to DI symptoms.