title: Tuberculous Addison's disease. Utility of CT in diagnosis and follow-up.
abstract: The computed tomographic (CT) findings in five patients with tuberculous Addison's disease were evaluated. All patients had extra-adrenal tuberculosis. Two patients had enlarged adrenal glands with calcifications at the times of diagnosis. Follow-up CT from 4 to 30 months showed a progressive decrease in the size of adrenal glands from bilateral enlargement to small calcified glands and provides a clue to the etiology of Addison's disease and proper therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Hospital de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Villabona
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sahun
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ricart
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Serres
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maroto
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Real
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Soler
mesh_terms: D000224:Addison Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000309:Adrenal Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014383:Tuberculosis, Endocrine / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*