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ea0037ep828 | Pituitary: clinical | ECE2015

A case of adrenal crisis secondary to ipilimumab-induced autoimmune hypophysitis

Todd Anna , Thiraviaraj Athinyaa

A 42-year-old man undergoing ipilimumab therapy for stage IV metastatic melanoma presented after his third dose with vomiting, abdominal pain, hypotension, and pyrexia. He was treated as a presumed line sepsis. Four days prior to admission, thyroid function test showed T4 of 7.9 pmol/l and TSH 0.02 mU/l and he was treated with levothyroxine. A pituitary profile was carried out on admission and the results were as follows, cortisol was 24 nmol/l, testosterone <0....