Addison’s disease mimicking as acute pancreatitis: A case report

Sayani Chaudhuri, Karthik N. Rao, Navin Patil, Balaji Ommurugan, George Varghese

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Abstract

Over past two decades there has been significant improvement in medical field in elucidating the underlying pathophysiology and genetics of Addison’s disease. Adrenal insufficiency (Addison’s disease) is a rare disease with an incidence of 0.8/100,000 cases. The diagnosis may be delayed if the clinical presentation mimics a gastrointestinal disorder or psychiatric illness. We report a case of Addison’s disease presenting as acute pain in abdomen mimicking clinical presentation of acute pancreatitis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)OD12-OD13
JournalJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Volume11
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01-04-2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Clinical Biochemistry

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