Addison's Disease Presenting with Abdominal Pain
Desai, T.; Richardson, T.
Acute Medicine 5(3): 102-103
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 1747-4884 PMID: 21611625 Document Number: 10794
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency is due to bilateral destruction of the adrenal cortex and has a prevalence of approximately 40-60 per million adults.1 The commonest cause is autoimmune.1 Prompt treatment not only restores quality of life but also a normal life expectancy.2 Here we present an unusual case of primary adrenal insufficiency, which illustrates how such an important disease often provides a diagnostic conundrum.
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