Abstract Background Adrenal insufficiency causes abnormal subjective symptoms such as general fatigue, signs hypotension, and abnormalities hypoglycemia leads to poor prognosis. However, all these are also observed in hemodialysis (HD) patients without adrenal insufficiency. The morphology of the glands HD with is unclear. Therefore, this study was performed clarify characteristics patients. Me...

Introduction and purpose
 Addison's syndrome is defined as primary adrenal insufficiency, the symptoms of which result from hormonal deficiencies: glucocorticosteroids, mineralocorticosteroids androgens. Currently, autoimmunity considered most common cause Syndrome. Antibodies are often directed against enzymes 21-hydroxylase 17-hydroxylase involved in steroidogenesis.
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OBJECTIVE Metastases of the adrenal gland are a frequent finding in patients with malignant tumors like bronchogenic carcinoma or breast cancer. Only limited and conflicting data on adrenocortical function in these patients are available. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. METHODS We investigated the impact of adrenal macrometastases on adrenocortical function in a series of 28 tumor patients us...

Symptoms and metabolic abnormalities closely resembling those of hypoadrenalism have been reported following cessation of prolonged treatment with adrenal steroids (1-5). Sudden death following surgery has been reported in association with this syndrome and has been ascribed to failure of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system to respond to stress (6-9). Since prolonged administration of cor...

An estimated 1,95,000 deaths every year are caused by burns–the vast majority occurs in lowand middleincome countries. In India, over 10, 00,000 people are moderately or severely burnt every year. Women in the WHO South-East Asia Region have the highest rate of burns, accounting for 27% of global burn deaths and nearly 70% of burn deaths in the region. Adrenal haemorrhage occurs secondary to bo...

Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type II (APS-II) is the most common immunoendocrinopathy syndrome. APS-II is defined by the development of two or more of the following entities: primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease), Graves' disease, type 1A diabetes mellitus, autoimmune thyroiditis, primary hypogonadism, celiac disease, and myasthenia gravis. Other frequent clinical findings are ...

Primary adrenal insufficiency, or Addison disease, has many causes, the most common of which is autoimmune adrenalitis. Autoimmune adrenalitis results from destruction of the adrenal cortex, which leads to deficiencies in glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, and adrenal androgens. In the United States and Western Europe, the estimated prevalence of Addison disease is one in 20,000 persons; ther...