An Unusual Presentation of Addison’s Disease—A Case Report

Addison’s disease is most commonly due to autoimmune adrenalitis and tuberculosis and refers to primary hypoadrenalism caused by a total or near total destruction or dysfunction of both adrenal cortices. Usual manifestations involve chronic fatigue, muscle weakness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomitin...

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Autores principales: Choudhary, Sandeep, Alam, Anwer, Dewan, Vivek, Yadav, Dinesh, Dubey, N.K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3687640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23926396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1297/cpe.20.57
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author Choudhary, Sandeep
Alam, Anwer
Dewan, Vivek
Yadav, Dinesh
Dubey, N.K.
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description Addison’s disease is most commonly due to autoimmune adrenalitis and tuberculosis and refers to primary hypoadrenalism caused by a total or near total destruction or dysfunction of both adrenal cortices. Usual manifestations involve chronic fatigue, muscle weakness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hypotension and hyperpigmentation of skin. We herein report a case of primary adrenal insufficiency presenting with fever and seizures in an 11-yr-old boy. His symptoms resolved after starting specific therapy. This kind of presentation of Addison’s disease is rather unusual.
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spelling pubmed-36876402013-08-07 An Unusual Presentation of Addison’s Disease—A Case Report Choudhary, Sandeep Alam, Anwer Dewan, Vivek Yadav, Dinesh Dubey, N.K. Clin Pediatr Endocrinol Case Report Addison’s disease is most commonly due to autoimmune adrenalitis and tuberculosis and refers to primary hypoadrenalism caused by a total or near total destruction or dysfunction of both adrenal cortices. Usual manifestations involve chronic fatigue, muscle weakness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hypotension and hyperpigmentation of skin. We herein report a case of primary adrenal insufficiency presenting with fever and seizures in an 11-yr-old boy. His symptoms resolved after starting specific therapy. This kind of presentation of Addison’s disease is rather unusual. The Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology 2011-10-07 2011-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3687640/ /pubmed/23926396 http://dx.doi.org/10.1297/cpe.20.57 Text en 2011©The Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License.
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