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ea0037ep33 | Adrenal cortex | ECE2015

A case of Addison's disease: high clinical suspicion should guide diagnosis and caution should be used when reviewing initial laboratory investigations

Sutton-Smith Mark , Ravelo Maria , Lipscomb David , Haya Naik

A 69-year-old lady with a history of autoimmune diabetes mellitus and primary autoimmune hypothyroidism presented to the Specialist Diabetes Clinic with a significant inexplicable variation in her capillary blood glucose. She had been undergoing investigations with the gastroenterologists for nausea, vomiting, and weight loss. Despite extensive investigations including: oesophageal–gastro-duodenoscopy, CT–thorax, abdomen, pelvis scanning, and gastric emptying studies...