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ea0021p31 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2009

Severe abdominal pain as presentation of Addison's disease in undiagnosed case of autoimmune polyglandular disease

El-Mahmoudi Bashir , Tetlow Tony , Jayawarna Chaminda

A 58-year-old previously fit and well man presented with sudden onset severe epigastric pain associated with frequent episodes of vomiting. The pain was constant and relieved only with morphine. He was febrile otherwise systemic examination was normal. Serum sodium 132 mmol/l and serum potassium 4.4 mmol/l. The rest of blood testes including; full blood count, liver functions, glucose, amylase, corrected calcium, D-dimer, troponin, urea and creatinine were all normal. ECG, che...