Schwartz-Bartter syndrome

The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH or SIAD) (also known as Schwartz-Bartter syndrome) was initially described in patients with lung cancer who developed hyponatremia associated with continued urinary sodium loss. The result is often dilutional hyponatremia in which the sodium remains normal but total body fluid increases.

Pathology

Etiology

Inappropriate (excessive) release of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), now known as arginine-vasopressin (AVP), may be caused by :

• malignant tumors, in particular: head and neck cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer (representing a paraneoplastic syndrome)
  • also: GU and GI malignancies, lymphoma, Ewing sarcoma, 
• lung diseases
  • infections
    • pneumonia (bacterial/viral)
    • lung abscess
    • tuberculosis
    • aspergillosis
  • asthma
  • cystic fibrosis
  • positive pressure ventilation
• CNS disease
  • infections
    • encephalitis
    • meningitis
    • brain abscess
    • HIV/AIDS
  • hemorrhage
    • subdural hematoma
    • subarachnoid hemorrhage
    • stroke
  • miscellaneous
    • head injury
    • hydrocephalus
    • cavernous sinus thrombosis
    • multiple sclerosis
    • Guillain–Barré syndrome
    • Shy–Drager syndrome
    • delirium tremens
    • acute intermittent porphyria
• drugs
  • antidepressants
    • selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
    • tricyclic antidepressants (TCA)
  • carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine
  • cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide
  • hydrochlorothiazide, thiazides
  • non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
  • vincristine
  • neuroleptic agents
  • AVP analogs: desmopressin, vasopressin, oxytocin
  • chlorpropamide
  • clofibrate
  • MDMA ("ecstasy")

Treatment and prognosis

The optimal therapy for SIADH is to treat the underlying cause. If this is not possible, or if the disease has become refractory, other treatment methods are available such as water restriction, demeclocycline therapy, or in severe cases infusion of hypertonic saline together with furosemide during careful monitoring.

History and etymology

In 1957 William B Schwartz and colleagues (including the American endocrinologist Frederic Bartter) an American nephrologist first described the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion. ‘Inappropriate’ was employed because of the observed loss of the normal linkage between ADH secretion and serum osmolality .

Siehe auch:

• Lungenkarzinom
• paraneoplastisches Syndrom
• Bartter-Syndrom

und weiter:

• Diabetes insipidus
• ACI SIADH