Addison’s Disease Mimicking as Acute Pancreatitis: A Case Report
Published: April 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/26338.9638
Sayani Chaudhuri, Karthik N Rao, Navin Patil, Balaji Ommurugan, George Varghese
1. Resident, Department of Biochemistry, IPGMER, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, KMC Manipal/Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, KMC Manipal/Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
4. Postgraduate Student, Department of Pharmacology, KMC Manipal/Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
5. Undergraduate Student, Department of Medicine, KMC Manipal/Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Navin Patil,
Kmc Staff Quarters, Manipal-576104, Karnataka, India.
E-mail: navin903@gmail.com
Over past two decades there has been significant improvement in medical field in elucidating the underlying pathophysiology and genetics of Addison’s disease. Adrenal insufficiency (Addison’s disease) is a rare disease with an incidence of 0.8/100,000 cases. The diagnosis may be delayed if the clinical presentation mimics a gastrointestinal disorder or psychiatric illness. We report a case of Addison’s disease presenting as acute pain in abdomen mimicking clinical presentation of acute pancreatitis.
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