Cerebellar ataxia due to hyponatremia

Abstract

This is an open learning study pack which aims to improve the teaching skills of clinical tutors and other tutors. Topics covered include junior doctors' educational skills and their provision, the funding and management of resources, managing change, and the operation of postgraduate centres.

Hyponatraemia presenting as reversible cerebellar ataxia in Addison’s disease

“…Cases with similar presentation of reversible cerebellar ataxia as a manifestation of hyponatraemia are rarely described in literature and to our knowledge only six case reports have been published. In each of those cases, the cause of hyponatraemia was attributed to SIADH (paraneoplastic manifestation of carcinoma of lung),4 diuretic induced,5 6 AIP7 and enteric fever 5. Our case is the only one where primary adrenal insufficiency was the cause of hyponatraemia.…”