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Autoimmune primary adrenal insufficiency -current diagnostic approaches and future perspectives [PDF]
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 The adrenal glands are small endocrine glands located on top of each kidney, producing hormones regulating important functions in our body like metabolism and stress.
Anette S. B. Wolff +4 more
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Bilateral Primary Adrenal Lymphoma Presenting with Adrenal Insufficiency [PDF]
Case Reports in Endocrinology, 2012 Lymphoma may occasionally involve the adrenal glands, but primary adrenal lymphoma (PAL) is very rare and only few cases have been reported. We present a case of a 60-year-old, otherwise healthy, woman, with bilateral PAL presenting with adrenal ...
Jakob Holm +3 more
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Primary Adrenal Insufficiency due to Cryptococcus With Persistent Adrenal Enlargement and Insufficiency [PDF]
AACE Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Background/Objective: Infiltrative fungal infections are an unusual cause of primary adrenal insufficiency (AI). Our objective is to present a long-term follow-up of a patient with AI due to cryptococcal adrenalitis.
Catherine E. Price, MD +2 more
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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Primary Adrenal Insufficiency: A Case Report [PDF]
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency MedicineIntroduction: One of the less common and more life-threatening etiologies of adrenal insufficiency is immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-induced primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI).
Rahul Gupta, Cary Lubkin
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Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Primary adrenal insufficiency is a potentially life‐threatening condition. We report a case of a 49‐year‐old female patient who presented to the hospital for evaluation of dizziness, nausea, and vomiting.
Mihail Zilbermint, Andrew P. Demidowich
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Primary adrenal insufficiency - Addison's disease
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022 Introduction and purpose Addison's syndrome is defined as primary adrenal insufficiency, the symptoms of which result from hormonal deficiencies: glucocorticosteroids, mineralocorticosteroids and androgens.
Jakub Metelski +4 more
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X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy and primary adrenal insufficiency. [PDF]
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 2023 X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD; OMIM:300100) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by a congenital defect in the ATP-binding cassette transporters sub-family D member 1 gene (ABCD1) producing adrenoleukodystrophy protein (ALDP).
Cappa M, Todisco T, Bizzarri C.
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Regulatory T cells in autoimmune primary adrenal insufficiency. [PDF]
Clin Exp Immunol, 2023 Abstract Primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) is most often caused by an autoimmune destruction of the adrenal cortex resulting in failure to produce cortisol and aldosterone. The aetiology is thought to be a combination of genetic and environmental risk factors, leading to breakdown of immunological tolerance.
Sjøgren T +4 more
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Diagnosis and approach to glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency and glucocorticoid withdrawal syndrome [PDF]
Journal of Education, Health and SportIntroduction and purpose: Primary adrenal insufficiency can result from diseases affecting the adrenal glands, while secondary adrenal insufficiency is caused by suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
Aleksandra Kiełczewska +2 more
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A Case of primary adrenal lymphoma presenting with adrenal insufficiency
Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2018 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) with secondary involvement of the adrenal gland is not uncommon, however primary adrenal lymphoma leading to adrenal insufficiency is a rare occurrence.
G.P. Samarasinghe +5 more
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