Managing hyponatraemia in a patient with malignant melanoma: a case report

We report the case of a 46-year-old male with a known diagnosis of metastatic malignant melanoma who presented with hyponatraemia. The report details the challenges we faced in identifying the cause of his hyponatraemia and in attempting to reverse his electrolyte disturbance. As his clinical condit...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Davies, Siwan H, Capel, Margred M, Finlay, Ilora
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
Materias:
Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829880
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6899
_version_ 1782171657447669760
author Davies, Siwan H
Capel, Margred M
Finlay, Ilora
author_facet Davies, Siwan H
Capel, Margred M
Finlay, Ilora
author_sort Davies, Siwan H
collection PubMed
description We report the case of a 46-year-old male with a known diagnosis of metastatic malignant melanoma who presented with hyponatraemia. The report details the challenges we faced in identifying the cause of his hyponatraemia and in attempting to reverse his electrolyte disturbance. As his clinical condition deteriorated the focus of our management needed to change; recognising that he was dying we implemented the Mental Capacity Act to make decisions in his best interest and ensure he achieved a symptom controlled and dignified death.
format Text
id pubmed-2740116
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2009
publisher Cases Network Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-27401162009-10-14 Managing hyponatraemia in a patient with malignant melanoma: a case report Davies, Siwan H Capel, Margred M Finlay, Ilora Cases J Case report We report the case of a 46-year-old male with a known diagnosis of metastatic malignant melanoma who presented with hyponatraemia. The report details the challenges we faced in identifying the cause of his hyponatraemia and in attempting to reverse his electrolyte disturbance. As his clinical condition deteriorated the focus of our management needed to change; recognising that he was dying we implemented the Mental Capacity Act to make decisions in his best interest and ensure he achieved a symptom controlled and dignified death. Cases Network Ltd 2009-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC2740116/ /pubmed/19829880 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6899 Text en © 2009 Davies et al.; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case report
Davies, Siwan H
Capel, Margred M
Finlay, Ilora
Managing hyponatraemia in a patient with malignant melanoma: a case report
title Managing hyponatraemia in a patient with malignant melanoma: a case report
title_full Managing hyponatraemia in a patient with malignant melanoma: a case report
title_fullStr Managing hyponatraemia in a patient with malignant melanoma: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Managing hyponatraemia in a patient with malignant melanoma: a case report
title_short Managing hyponatraemia in a patient with malignant melanoma: a case report
title_sort managing hyponatraemia in a patient with malignant melanoma: a case report
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829880
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6899
work_keys_str_mv AT daviessiwanh managinghyponatraemiainapatientwithmalignantmelanomaacasereport
AT capelmargredm managinghyponatraemiainapatientwithmalignantmelanomaacasereport
AT finlayilora managinghyponatraemiainapatientwithmalignantmelanomaacasereport

Ejemplares similares