Abstract:Diabetes insipidus is mainly characterized by polyuria, urinary volume over 3 L/day or 40mL/kg/day in adults, leading to subsequent polydipsia; these features are also present in most cases of diabetes mellitus. We report the case of a 56-year-old man initially misdiagnosed with and treated for diabetes mellitus; he was eventually diagnosed with central diabetes insipidus following further laboratory tests. We have also conducted a thorough review of the literature relating to the physiology, diagnosis, and tr… Show more
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