ea0041ep273 | Clinical case reports - Pituitary/Adrenal | ECE2016
Rajic Antonela Sabati
, Merkac Maja Ivartnik
, Svetina Petra
Addisons disease (primary adrenal cortical failure) is the lack of glucocorticoids due to disease of the adrenal gland. At 1855, when Addison described it tuberculosis (TB) was the main etiology. May be we are coming to that time. TB is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The most commonly (third of the patients) affects the lungs, as well as the other organs. Symptoms of the disease are non specific and are deteriorating slowly, so the d...