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Hypoglycaemia in adrenal insufficiency

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
Adrenal insufficiency encompasses a group of congenital and acquired disorders that lead to inadequate steroid production by the adrenal glands, mainly glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids and androgens.
Shien Chen Lee, Elizabeth S. Baranowski, Rajesh Sakremath, Vrinda Saraff, Vrinda Saraff, Zainaba Mohamed, Zainaba Mohamed   +6 more
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Adrenal insufficiency with enlarged adrenals

Abdominal Imaging, 1996
Five patients with adrenal insufficiency and large adrenal glands at presentation are reported. Addison's disease was due to adrenal tuberculosis in three patients, with important changes in adrenal configuration on CT reflecting the natural history of the disease.
C Zamboulis, S Douma
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Fertility and pregnancy in adrenal insufficiency

Endocrine Connections
Despite the availability of adrenal hormone replacement therapy, patients with adrenal insufficiency can be affected by reduced fertility and parity.
Deirdre Green, Rosemary Dineen, Michael W O’Reilly, Mark Sherlock   +3 more
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Adrenal insufficiency and pregnancy

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity, 2022
Introduction Adrenal insufficiency is a disorder characterized by the failure of adrenocortical function because of distorted function of hypothalamic–pituitary– adrenal (HPA) axis. Pregnancy is a state of a physiological glucocorticoid excess as the HPA axis is functioning at a higher level ...
Alexandraki, K.I., Kaltsas, G.A.
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Adrenal insufficiency presenting as hypercalcemia and acute kidney injury

International Medical Case Reports Journal, 2016
Seung Won Ahn,1 Tong Yoon Kim,1 Sangmin Lee,1 Jeong Yeon Jeong,1 Hojoon Shim,1 Yu min Han,1 Kyu Eun Choi,1 Seok Joon Shin,1,2 Hye Eun Yoon,1,2 1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, 2Division of ...
Ahn SW, Kim TY, Lee S, Jeong JY, Shim H, Han YM, Choi KE, Shin SJ, Yoon HE   +8 more
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Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency Presenting With Severe Hyponatremia in an Elderly Patient With Primary Aldosteronism Suggesting Underlying Autonomous Cortisol Secretion [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
Possible unrecognized cortisol autonomy in primary aldosteronism may suppress the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. Under physiological stress, this may contribute to secondary adrenal insufficiency and severe hyponatremia.
Minami Toda, Shunsuke Takahashi, Hitomi Saito, Honami Mori, Yutaka Kuroda, Akito Maeshima   +5 more
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Long-diagnosed primary adrenal insufficiency in the setting of Werlhof’s disease. A clinical case report

Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2023
Chronic adrenal insufficiency is an endocrine disease caused by insufficient secretion of adrenal hormones due to dysfunction of one or more links of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
I.V. Chernyavska, N.V. Skrypnyk, V.I. Pankiv   +2 more
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New-onset primary adrenal insufficiency in pregnancy associated with a unilateral adrenal infarction: a case report

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2023
New-onset primary adrenal insufficiency is rare in pregnancy. The symptoms of adrenal insufficiency such as nausea, vomiting and dizziness may be attributed to the pregnancy itself, which can lead to a delay in the diagnosis. The presence of hypotension,
Lakshmi Menon, Dinesh Edem, Jhansi Maradana, Pranjali Sharma, Shrikant Tamhane   +4 more
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Glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency [PDF]

, 2023
Background: Glucocorticoids (GCs) are effective in treating many diseases and are widely used. However, glucocorticoid treatment can down-regulate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and lead to glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency.
Einarsdóttir, Margrét Jóna
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Adrenal Crisis During Cesarean Section in a Patient With Primary Adrenal Insufficiency [PDF]

, 2023
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a type of primary adrenal insufficiency (AI) that predisposes to adrenal crisis (AC) during stress. We describe a case of a primipara with CAH who was admitted in labor.
Pestana, Inês, Saraiva, Alexandra, Machado, Humberto, Veiga, Dalila, Guimarães, Henrique   +4 more
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