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Treatment of Hyponatremia with Tolvaptan in a Patient after Neurosurgical Treatment of a Pituitary Tumor: Case Report and Review of Literature

Hyponatremia is a frequent complication following pituitary surgery. We report a case with hyponatremia after surgery of a pituitary adenoma that was successfully treated with tolvaptan. A 68-year-old man with a pituitary tumor presented with mild hyponatremia (133 mEq/L) before surgery. The patient...

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Autores principales: Ichimura, Shinya, Fahlbusch, Rudolf, Lüdemann, Wolf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4648721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26623242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1564605