Syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone in Hodgkin's disease

A patient with clinical Stage IV Hodgkin's disease of the nodular sclerosis type demonstrated all features of the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone. Electroencephalogram, radiography of the skull, and computerized tomography of the brain and cardiac, renal, thyroid, and adrenal function tests were all normal. It is suggested that the patient presents a rare case of Hodgkin's disease with inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone.