Imaging features of gluteal in vitro fertilization injection granulomas, with delayed clinical presentation simulating soft tissue sarcoma.

Objectives: To review the clinical and imaging findings of patients with remote history of intramuscular (IM) in vitro fertilization (IVF) gluteal injections, presenting with signs and symptoms of a possible gluteal soft tissue sarcoma.

Methods And Methods: Retrospective review of consecutive patients with a history of prior IVF therapy referred for MRI evaluation of a gluteal soft tissue mass was performed. Six patients were reviewed, with 5 patients meeting study inclusion criteria.

Development of central diabetes insipidus following electroconvulsive therapy: results of a prospective pilot study.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the occurrence of laboratory abnormalities and symptoms of central diabetes insipidus (CDI) in patients receiving acute electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) series.

Methods: We prospectively investigated adult psychiatric inpatients for objective and subjective evidence of CDI at baseline and after their sixth ECT.

Results: Although participants did not report any CDI symptoms, two thirds had clinically important decreases in urine osmolality (>200 mOsm/kg), and two thirds had serum sodium increases of 5 mmol/L following exposure to ECT.

Using hypernatraemic events to predict reduced renal function in elderly lithium patients: a brief report.

Background: Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a recognized adverse effect of lithium use, and studies have shown an association between decreased renal function and DI in patients using lithium. We hypothesize that hypernatraemic events that occur in DI predict decreased renal function in elderly patients on lithium.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study involving 55 geriatric psychiatry patients using lithium between 1985 and 2010.