Auto-Immune Addison\'s Disease Associated with Hyperprolactinemia

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...

Dupuytren's contracture: an auto-immune disease?

Auto-immune Addison's disease in identical twins.

Identical male twins are described, one of whom presented with clinical symptoms of Addison's disease whereas the other was shown to have a deficient adrenal cortical response to stimulation tests. Both had positive adrenal cortex antibodies.

Auto-antibodies in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unclassified

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease unclassified (IBDU) is considered to be an aberrant immune response with loss of tolerance to many antigens. Objective: This paper tries to address whether there is any value to test for auto-antibodies in such patients. Methods: 60 patients with inflammatory bowel disease unclassified participated in the study. Auto-antibodies to nuclear antigen, intestin...

Ulcerative colitis with chronic liver disease , eosinophilia and auto - immune thyroid disease STEPHEN P . KANE

Introduction While there are well established associations between ulcerative colitis and chronic liver diseases, between active chronic hepatitis and thyroid disease, and between ulcerative colitis and blood and tissue eosinophilia, a patient in whom all these features were manifested has not hitherto been described. Although it is possible that she had two or more unrelated conditions, it is ...

Ulcerative colitis with chronic liver disease , eosinophilia and auto - immune thyroid disease STEPHEN

Introduction While there are well established associations between ulcerative colitis and chronic liver diseases, between active chronic hepatitis and thyroid disease, and between ulcerative colitis and blood and tissue eosinophilia, a patient in whom all these features were manifested has not hitherto been described. Although it is possible that she had two or more unrelated conditions, it is ...