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Bilateral adrenal histoplasmosis manifesting as primary adrenal insufficiency [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2019
KEY POINTS A 72-year-old woman from southwestern Ontario was admitted to hospital with a 2-month history of progressive generalized weakness, fatigue, nausea, anorexia and 7-kg weight loss. Although previously functionally independent, she now required a walker for ambulation.
Lilian J, Robinson, Mary, Lu, Sameer, Elsayed, Tisha R, Joy   +3 more
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DAX-1 (NR0B1) and steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1, NR5A1) in human disease. [PDF]

, 2015
DAX-1 (NR0B1) and SF-1 (NR5A1) are two nuclear receptor transcription factors that play a key role in human adrenal and reproductive development. Loss of DAX-1 function is classically associated with X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita.
Achermann, JC, Buonocore, F, Duncan, AJ, Suntharalingham, JP   +3 more
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Pediatric Adrenal Insufficiency: Diagnosis, Management, and New Therapies

International Journal of Pediatrics, 2018
Adrenal insufficiency may result from a wide variety of congenital or acquired disorders of hypothalamus, pituitary, or adrenal cortex. Destruction or dysfunction of the adrenal cortex is the cause of primary adrenal insufficiency, while secondary ...
Sasigarn A. Bowden, Rohan Henry
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Pituitary-adrenal axis in Prader Willi syndrome [PDF]

, 2016
Purpose: Prader Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic condition that has concurrent endocrinological insufficiencies. The presence of growth hormone deficiency has been well documented, but adrenal insufficiency (AI) is not widely reported. A review was
Edgar, Olivia S., Lucas-Herald, Angela K., Shaikh, Mohamad Guftar   +2 more
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Adrenal hemorrhage due to hypercoagulable state mimicking pheochromocytoma

Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology Case Reports, 2018
Adrenal insufficiency due to hemorrhagic adrenal infarction is a rare complication of hypercoagulable states. It usually manifests as bilateral adrenal hemorrhage with primary adrenal insufficiency. Here we report a 56-year-old male with known history of
Konstantinos Segkos, Trevor Short, Steven W. Ing   +2 more
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Adrenal insufficiency caused by bilateral adrenal metastases - a rare treatable cause for recurrent nausea and vomiting in metastatic breast cancer [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Nausea and vomiting are common symptoms in patients with malignant disease. Several, sometimes rare causes have to be considered to decide the right treatment.
Bausewein, Claudia, Haberland, B., Kühnbach, R.   +2 more
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Primary Adrenal Insufficiency due to Cryptococcus With Persistent Adrenal Enlargement and Insufficiency

AACE Clinical Case Reports, 2023
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.A 47-year-old woman presented in January 2004, with 50-lb weight loss, nausea, emesis, and headache with diplopia. During the 6 months prior to her presentation
Catherine E. Price, Cynthia Burns, Joseph A. Aloi   +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, C.N. Antonypillai, U.P. Kalubowila, R.M.P. Ratnayake, E.M.S.B. Ekanayake, B.M.I.K. Thilakarathne   +5 more
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Variations in the management of acute illness in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: An audit of three paediatric hospitals [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: Episodes of acute adrenal insufficiency (AI)/adrenal crises (AC) are a serious consequence of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). This study aimed to assess morbidity from acute illness in CAH and identify factors associated with use of IV ...
Allolio, Bornstein, El-Maouche, Falhammar, Falhammar, Falhammar, Fleming, Gidlof, Gleeson, Hahner, Hahner, Huynh, Ishii, Kampmeyer, Khalid, Leblicq, Maguire, Merke, Neumann, Reisch, Rushworth, Rushworth, Rushworth, Rushworth, Speiser, Swerdlow   +25 more
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Primary Adrenal Insufficiency After COVID-19 Infection [PDF]

AACE Clinical Case Reports, 2022
The multisystemic effects of COVID-19 are becoming evident. In the adrenal gland, adrenal hemorrhage and infarction after COVID-19 infection have been reported. Our objective is to present a case of autoimmune adrenal insufficiency diagnosed after COVID-19 infection, without the evidence of a hemorrhage or an infarction.A 64-year-old woman with ...
Julienne Sánchez, Melissa Cohen, Joseph L. Zapater, Yuval Eisenberg   +3 more
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