central diabetes insipidus

…gland) for storage, is called central diabetes insipidus. This condition may be caused by trauma, such as brain or pituitary surgery, and diseases, such as brain tumours, pituitary tumours, or granulomatous infiltration (formation of grainlike lumps that are associated with certain diseases, including tuberculosis and sarcoidosis). When a result of…

…deficiency of vasopressin secretion (central diabetes insipidus) or by a deficiency of vasopressin action in the kidney (nephrogenic diabetes insipidus). The form of the disorder that results from injury to the hypothalamic nucleus, which is the tract by which vasopressin is conveyed to the neurohypophysis (posterior lobe of the…