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Potential Indication of Chemotherapy for Hypodipsia and Arginine Vasopressin Deficiency Secondary to Hypothalamic-pituitary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: a Case Report and Literature Review

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Specialty Pediatrics
Date 2024 Jul 12
PMID 38993713
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Hypothalamic-pituitary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (HP-LCH) is often associated with arginine vasopressin deficiency (AVD). Patients with AVD caused by HP-LCH rarely develop an impaired osmotic threshold for thirst (OTT). Improvement in OTT among such patients has not been reported in the literature. To our knowledge, here we report the first case of AVD due to HP-LCH in which hypodipsia resolved during chemotherapy. A nine-year-old Japanese girl presented with polydipsia, polyuria, anorexia, and hypernatremia (149.8 mEq/L) and was diagnosed with AVD secondary to HP-LCH. Visual analog scale examination showed a reduced OTT following the water deprivation test. During chemotherapy for Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), serum sodium concentrations became stable between 138.9 and 142.9 mEq/L under the replacement of desmopressin. Repeated visual analog scale examinations showed that she experienced a sense of thirst at a serum sodium concentration of 142.3-144.6 mEq/L, at which she did not experience any thirst prior to the initiation of chemotherapy. These data suggest that chemotherapy directly improved the OTT in our patient. Improved mechanical compression or infiltration of the hypothalamus related to OTT may lead to the recovery of the sense of thirst. This report highlights the potential role of chemotherapy for solitary HP-LCH in patients with hypodipsia and AVD.

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