ea0011p89 | Clinical case reports | ECE2006
Pietrobono D
, Bassotti G
, Diacono F
, Iuorio R
, Mercuri V
, Gargiulo P
We report a case of a 53 years old woman who presented asthenia, cramps, cutaneous hyperpigmentation, nausea, vomiting, vague and non-specific epigastric abdominal pain, weight loss and hypotension. She was diagnosed with Addisons disease because biochemical data were indicative for autoimmune adrenal failure (positivity for adrenal cortex antibodies). Nevertheless during the following 9 years the patient began to note the progressive reduction of pubic and axillary hair...