Table 1.

Causes of central diabetes insipidus.

Postsurgery: transfrontal/transsphenoidal

Traumatic brain injury

Tumors

Primary

Craniopharyngioma

Hypothalamic tumors (glioma)

Pitiutory adenoma

Dysgerminoma

Meningioma

Hematologic

Lymphoma, leukemia

Metastatic

Breast, lung

Infections

TB meningitis

Viral meningitis

Cerebral abscess

Toxoplasmosis

Granulomas

Sarcoidosis

Histiocytosis

Inflammatory

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Scleroderma

Wegener's disease

Vascular

Aneurysm

Hypoxic encephalopathy

Sheehan's syndrome

Chemical toxins

Snake venom

Tetrodotoxin

Genetic