A Case of Adrenal Tuberculosis with Atypical Clinical Manifestation

Addison’s disease is a rare disorder that causes fatigue, genral weakness, weight loss, pigmentation due to adrenal hypofunction and it’s underlying causes are various. We report a case of 42-year-old man with fatigue, generalized cutaneous pigmentation. Computed tomography showed bilateral adrenal...

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Main Authors: Moo Hyun Son, Jung Kyu Park, Hyun Sik Hwang, Byung Ho Kim, Eui Dal Jung, Young Sik Choi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kosin University College of Medicine 2013-12-01
Series:Kosin Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.kosinmedj.org/upload/pdf/ksmc028-02-15.pdf
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Jung Kyu Park
Hyun Sik Hwang
Byung Ho Kim
Eui Dal Jung
Young Sik Choi
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description Addison’s disease is a rare disorder that causes fatigue, genral weakness, weight loss, pigmentation due to adrenal hypofunction and it’s underlying causes are various. We report a case of 42-year-old man with fatigue, generalized cutaneous pigmentation. Computed tomography showed bilateral adrenal enlargement, but no calcification. Adrenal tuberculosis was established by ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy.
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spelling doaj.art-fd4b7d6422154ed0bd6603fa5d0ff0372022-12-22T04:33:26ZengKosin University College of MedicineKosin Medical Journal2005-95312586-70242013-12-0128218318610.7180/kmj.2013.28.2.183123A Case of Adrenal Tuberculosis with Atypical Clinical ManifestationMoo Hyun Son0Jung Kyu Park1Hyun Sik Hwang2Byung Ho Kim3Eui Dal Jung4Young Sik Choi5Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, KoreaDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, KoreaDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, KoreaDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, KoreaDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, KoreaDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Busan, KoreaAddison’s disease is a rare disorder that causes fatigue, genral weakness, weight loss, pigmentation due to adrenal hypofunction and it’s underlying causes are various. We report a case of 42-year-old man with fatigue, generalized cutaneous pigmentation. Computed tomography showed bilateral adrenal enlargement, but no calcification. Adrenal tuberculosis was established by ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy.http://www.kosinmedj.org/upload/pdf/ksmc028-02-15.pdfaddison’s diseaseadrenal tuberculosis
spellingShingle Moo Hyun Son
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adrenal tuberculosis
title A Case of Adrenal Tuberculosis with Atypical Clinical Manifestation
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title_fullStr A Case of Adrenal Tuberculosis with Atypical Clinical Manifestation
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Adrenal Tuberculosis with Atypical Clinical Manifestation
title_short A Case of Adrenal Tuberculosis with Atypical Clinical Manifestation
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topic addison’s disease
adrenal tuberculosis
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