ea0018oc1 | (1) | MES2008
Chaudhri Owais
, Hatfield Emma
, Wynne Katie
, Palazzo Fausto
, Mehta Sanjeev
, Shaikh Humera
, Tan Tricia
, Martin Niamh
, Meeran Karim
We present the case of a 33-year-old woman diagnosed with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to classical 21-hydroxylase deficiency following a salt-losing crisis as a newborn. She had previously been controlled on dexamethasone 0.25 mg bd and fludrocortisone 100 mcg od, as evidenced by high-normal 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) and low-normal testosterone levels (8.5 and 0.4 nmol/l respectively).However, she had experienced significant symptoms o...