Addison's Disease in Infancy

Appendicectomy Complicated by Addisons Disease

requiring admission to ICU. Case report: A 33 year old male presented with a fifteen-hour history of vomiting, diarrhoea, and lower abdominal pain one week after a holiday in Portugal. He had no significant past medical history. On examination he had a tanned appearance, and was tender with guarding and rebound in the right iliac fossa. Rovsing’s sign was positive. He proceeded to theatre where...

inflammatory bowel disease in infancy

background inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) may begin as early as the first year of life. the objective of the present study was to determine the characteristics and clinical course of children with early-onset ibd. materials and methods the records of patients with ibd admitted to children medical center hospital during 2003-2006 were screened for those with disease onset before the first year...

Addison's disease in infancy.

Addison's disease may occur in infants with the adrenogenital syndrome, the adrenals being structurally intact and larger than norml. However, Addison's disease comparable with that occurring in adults also occurs in infants whose adrenal glands are hypoplastic or diseased. These infants fail to gain weight and are in a poor state of hydration despite a theoretically adequate caloric and fluid ...

Disease in Infancy and Childhood

T.D., B.Sc.(Lond.), M.R.C.S.(Eng.), L.R.C.P.(Lond.). (Pp. xvi + 773; figs. 980. 90s.) Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone, 1956. TIJIE scope of this book is larger than the title would suggest. In the author's words, "This book is concer-ned not only with the histological and histogenetical aspects of tumours but also with the development of tissues and organs from which they arise; it de...

Disease in Infancy and Childhood