A Woman With Breast Cancer Develops Diabetes Insipidus Wolfgang Paik

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/woman-breast-cancer-develops-diabetes-insipidus-2026a10015kn?src= Central diabetes insipidus (DI) is a rare but clinically important complication of metastatic breast cancer, usually associated with metastatic involvement of the pituitary gland. Prompt recognition of arginine vasopressin deficiency and treatment with desmopressin can provide symptomatic relief even when the underlying malignancy is progressing. A case report by Francis T. Mutamba, a physician specialising in internal medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, England, and colleagues described a rare complication of breast cancer.