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ea0070aep74 | Adrenal and Cardiovascular Endocrinology | ECE2020

Acute adrenal failure as presenting feature of antiphospholipid syndrome

Mustafa Mohamad , Warriach Sanval , O’Keefe Denis , Watts Michael

Introduction: Anti-phospholipid syndrome is characterised by the presence of arterial or venous thrombosis, it is autoimmune in nature and manifests as a systemic disease. Adrenal vein haemorrhagic infarction which is a sequel of adrenal vein thrombosis ultimately leads to loss of adrenal function, it is one of the presentations of anti-phospholipid syndrome especially with catastrophic type. In one analysis adrenal involvement was reported in only 13% of the reported cases of...