Bilateral adrenal infarction in Crohn's disease

Adrenal infarction is an uncommon cause of adrenal insufficiency. We herein present unique occurrence of bilateral adrenal infarction detected on imaging in a young female with known history of Crohn's disease. The patient responded well to steroids and is on follow up. To our knowledge, this i...

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Autores principales: Khandelwal, Ashish, Krishna, J. Sateesh, Khandelwal, Kanika, Virmani, Vivek, Ryan, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3784888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24083186
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.117227
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Sumario:Adrenal infarction is an uncommon cause of adrenal insufficiency. We herein present unique occurrence of bilateral adrenal infarction detected on imaging in a young female with known history of Crohn's disease. The patient responded well to steroids and is on follow up. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported in English literature of adrenal infarct associated with Crohn's disease as extraintestinal manifestation.

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