Abstract

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) secretion is a recognisable complication of acute porphyria. We report a nine-year-old female patient with hereditary tyrosinaemia type 1 and poor adherence to nitisinone therapy who presented with acute abdominal pain, vomiting and lethargy at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman in 2016. She subsequently developed generalised tonic-clonic seizures attributable to severe hyponatremia that met the diagnostic criteria of SIADH. The acute porphyria screen also appeared positive. The patient responded well to fluid restriction and was discharged home without immediate neurological sequelae. Although acute porphyria is also a recognised complication of uncontrolled tyrosinaemia type 1, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, no patient with tyrosinaemia type 1 has been reported to present with SIADH.

Publication details

DOI
10.18295/squmj.2021.21.02.023
Journal
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 21(2), e312-315
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University
Open access
Gold open access
License
CC BY-ND 4.0

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APA 7

Al hinai, A., Al-Murshedi, F., Al-Nabhani, D., & Al-Thihli, K. (2025). Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion in a Patient with Uncontrolled Tyrosinaemia Type 1. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 21(2), e312-315. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2021.21.02.023

MLA 9

Al hinai, Abdulhamid, et al. "Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion in a Patient with Uncontrolled Tyrosinaemia Type 1." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, 2025, pp. e312-315. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2021.21.02.023.

Chicago (author–date)

Al hinai, Abdulhamid, Fathiya Al-Murshedi, Dana Al-Nabhani, and Khalid Al-Thihli. 2025. "Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion in a Patient with Uncontrolled Tyrosinaemia Type 1." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 21 (2): e312-315. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2021.21.02.023.

Harvard

Al hinai, A., Al-Murshedi, F., Al-Nabhani, D. and Al-Thihli, K. (2025) 'Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion in a Patient with Uncontrolled Tyrosinaemia Type 1', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 21(2), pp. e312-315. doi:10.18295/squmj.2021.21.02.023.

Vancouver

Al hinai A, Al-Murshedi F, Al-Nabhani D, Al-Thihli K. Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion in a Patient with Uncontrolled Tyrosinaemia Type 1. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;21(2):e312-315. doi:10.18295/squmj.2021.21.02.023

IEEE

A. Al hinai, F. Al-Murshedi, D. Al-Nabhani, and K. Al-Thihli, "Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion in a Patient with Uncontrolled Tyrosinaemia Type 1," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. e312-315, 2025, doi: 10.18295/squmj.2021.21.02.023.