%0 Journal Article
%T Gestational Diabetes Insipidus Associated with HELLP Syndrome: A Case Report
%A Renela Gambito
%A Michael Chan
%A Mohamed Sheta
%A Precious Ramirez-Arao
%A Harmeet Gurm
%A Allan Tunkel
%A Noel Nivera
%J Case Reports in Nephrology
%D 2012
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2012/640365
%X Gestational diabetes insipidus is a rare, but well recognized, complication of pregnancy. It is related to excess vasopressinase enzyme activity which is metabolized in the liver. A high index of suspicion of gestational diabetes insipidus is required in a correct clinical setting especially in the presence of other risk factors such as preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome, and twin pregnancies. We are presenting a case of gestational diabetes insipidus in a patient with HELLP syndrome. The newborn in this case also had hypernatremia thereby raising possibilities of vasopressinase crossing the placenta.
%U http://www.hindawi.com/crim/nephrology/2012/640365/