A 58-year-old man with small cell lung cancer develops serum sodium 118 mmol/L, low serum osmolality, urine sodium 60 mmol/L, and urine osmolality 500...

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A 58-year-old man with small cell lung cancer develops serum sodium 118 mmol/L, low serum osmolality, urine sodium 60 mmol/L, and urine osmolality 500 mOsm/kg. He is euvolaemic on examination. Which diagnosis best explains these findings?

Accepted Answer

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH)

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Hypovolaemic hyponatraemia from diuretics

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Hypervolaemic hyponatraemia from heart failure

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Primary polydipsia

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Pseudohyponatraemia from hyperlipidaemia

ca-rcpsc-im MCQ (SBA): Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion

A 58-year-old man with small cell lung cancer develops serum sodium 118 mmol/L, low serum osmolality, urine sodium 60 mmol/L, and urine osmolality 500 mOsm/kg. He is euvolaemic on examination. Which diagnosis best explains these findings?