title: Unexpected death of endocrine origin.
abstract: Diseases of the endocrine glands may be silent or of little apparent consequence for long periods of time, but may nevertheless have an unexpected and acutely fatal termination. Some of these facets are explored in this paper. A full clinical history (including therapy) and thorough autopsy is necessary to exclude the endocrine causes of unexpected deaths.
mesh_terms: D000303:Adrenal Cortex Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D001344:Autopsy; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D007474:Ion Exchange; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010900:Pituitary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology