Addison's disease due to tuberculosis in a 13-year-old girl.
A 13-year-old girl developed Addison's disease during antituberculous therapy for presumed tuberculous ventriculitis. CT of the abdomen showed diffusely enlarged hypodense adrenals and a hypodense lesion in the lower pole of the left kidney. Biopsy of the renal lesion revealed caseating and noncaseating granulomas.
D000224:Addison Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014383:Tuberculosis, Endocrine / Q000175:diagnosis*