Difficulties in the differential diagnosis of comorbid fluid and electrolyte balance disorders: description of a clinical case


DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/nephrology.2024.4.48-52

Pivovarov D.V., Mikhailova Z.D.

Municipal Clinical Hospital No.38, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Background. One of the disorders reflecting the pathology of water-electrolyte balance is polyuria-polydipsia syndrome. The most well-known forms of this syndrome include central and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus and primary polydipsia. Accurate verification of the diagnosis in patients with polyuria-polydipsia syndrome is a complex and labor-intensive process. A particular problem for clinicians is the combination of various forms of this syndrome, as well as its combination with electrolyte imbalance, including hyponatremia. One of the little-known causes of hyponatremia is reset osmostat syndrome. The article describes a clinical case of a possible combination of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus with primary polydipsia in a patient, while the presence of reset osmostat syndrome was not excluded.

About the Autors


Dmitry V. Pivovarov – Cand.Sci. (Med.), Physician, City Clinical Hospital No.38. Address: Nizhny Novgorod, Chernyshevsky str., 22; tel.: 8 (999) 121-78-66;
e-mail: pivovarov121094@yandex.ru. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6642-1364.
Zinaida D. Mikhailova – Dr.Sci. (Med.), Assoc. Prof., Consulting Physician, City Clinical Hospital No.38. Address: Nizhny Novgorod, Chernyshevsky str., 22;
e-mail: zinaida.mihailowa@yandex.ru. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0926-6038.


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