ADDISON’S DISEASE IN A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE: A CASE REPORT
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Case Report

ADDISON’S DISEASE IN A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE: A CASE REPORT

Gazi Med J 2007;18(3):136-138
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Abstract

Primary adrenal insufficiency or Addison’s disease, which is more frequent in women, is caused by bilateral adrenocortical destruction. Common clinic features of Addison’s disease are; weakness, loss of appetite, weight loss, nousea, vomiting and hyperpigmentation. Hypoglycemia as a sole presenta-tion of primary adrenal insufficiency is rare and more common in secondary adrenal insufficiency and childhood. Hereby we report a case with chronic renal failure, symptoms of hypoglycemia and was diagnosed as Addison’s disease

Keywords: Hypoglycemia, Addison’s disease, Adrenal insufficiency, Chronic renal failure.