title: Diagnostic and therapeutic problems in a case of adrenal tuberculosis and acute Addison's disease.
abstract: A case of adrenal tuberculosis with acute Addison's disease is presented. The case showed diagnostic and therapeutic problems, the latter concerning the untoward effects due to metabolic interferences and pharmacologic interactions among antitubercular drugs, substitutive corticosteroid therapy and hepatic metabolism. The side-effects, interactions and metabolism of drugs used during the course of disease are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Semeiotica Medica, Policlinico Borgo Roma, Università di Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Benini
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Savarin
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Senna
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durigato
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vettore
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000224:Addison Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014383:Tuberculosis, Endocrine / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000995:Antitubercular Agents