Addison's disease due to tuberculosis in a 13-year-old girl. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A 13-year-old girl developed Addison's disease during antituberculous therapy for presumed tuberculous ventriculitis. CT of the abdomen showed diffusely enlarged hypodense adrenals and a hypodense lesion in the lower pole of the left kidney. Biopsy of the renal lesion revealed caseating and noncaseating granulomas.

publication date

  • January 1, 1986

Research

keywords

  • Addison Disease
  • Tuberculosis, Endocrine

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0022550126

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/BF02387974

PubMed ID

  • 3774402

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 16

issue

  • 6