Endocrine Abstracts

We present the case of a 51 years old woman, nonsmoker, without relevant past medical history, who presented with acute psychotic state starting the third day of treatment with prednisone 30 mg indicated for allergy. She had also arterial hypertension and a significant and progressive loss of proximal muscle strength in her legs. The initial evaluation showed hyperglycemia, metabolic alkalosis and severe hypokalemia. Basal plasma cortisol was high (>90 μg/dl) and did ...