Diabetes insipidus secondary to tuberculous meningoencephalitis with hypothalamic involvement extending to the hypophysis: a case report

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Monique Freire Santana, Guilherme Augusto Pivoto João, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães de Lacerda, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: Tuberculosis; Meningoencephalitis; Hypothalamus; Hypophysitis; Insipidus diabetes; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0455-2017; https://doaj.org/article/1346a63b0d074b3ea65031f4fb6fff7a

Abstract The involvement of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the central nervous system (CNS) is an uncommon and devastating manifestation of tuberculosis. We report a case of disseminated tuberculosis presenting as meningoencephalitis, hypothalamic involvement with extension to the hypophysis, and secondary insipidus diabetes diagnosed at autopsy.