Adrenal Virilism Treated with Steroids

Congenital Adrenal Cortical Insufficiency with Virilism

This paper presents the case of a boy developing symptoms of adrenal insufficiency soon after birth, followed by unmistakable evidences of the changes in the development associated with androgens. Other reports bring out the fact that the picture of increased androgenic activity with or without adrenocortical insufficiency is associated with hyperplasia and persistence of the fetal (androgenic)...

Adrenal Cortical Hyperplasia with Virilism: Diagnosis, Course and Treatment.

The Effect of Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia with Virilism and in Cushing's Syndrome Treated with Methyl Testosterone.

Adrenal steroids and neutrophil mobilization.

LTHOUGH it is true that adrenal glucocorticoids have found wide clinical application as effective anti-inflammatory agents, they must be used with caution since they can also cause an increased susceptibility to infection. The present investigation was prompted by a desire to gain additional information regarding the role of adrenal steroids in relation to the extravascular migration of polymor...

Fournier's gangrene complicating thrombocytopenia treated with steroids.

A 66-year-old man developed sudden perineal discomfort and fever with painful anal, penile, and scrotal oedema during treatment with steroids for severe thrombocytopenia of unclear origin (whether auto immune thrombocytopenia or myelodysplastic syndrome). An anal fi stula was observed and CT scan showed emphysematous gangrene of the perineum and scrotum, with testicles suspended in this emphyse...