SLE and acute Addisonian crisis due to bilateral adrenal hemorrhage: association with the antiphospholipid syndrome.
This report describes a 68-year-old woman with SLE and positive antiphospholipid antibodies who developed an acute Addisonian crisis due to bilateral adrenal hemorrhage. We suggest that adrenal bleeding can be part of the thrombo-embolic complications seen in the secondary antiphospholipid syndrome.
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Leuven, Belgium.
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Arnout
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Vermylen
D000224:Addison Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging