Cardiac tamponade preceding adrenal insufficiency--an unusual presentation of Addison's disease: a report of two cases.
Two cases of young healthy males presenting with cardiac tamponade and developing clinical adrenal insufficiency within a few weeks are described. On presentation they had a brisk inflammatory response with complement activation. Both had signs of subclinical hepatitis, and both have later shown evidence of thyroid involvement. The possibility of a connection between pericarditis and adrenal insufficiency is discussed.
Torfoss
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Department of Internal Medicine, Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
von de Lippe
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Jacobsen
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D000224:Addison Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D000328:Adult; D015551:Autoimmunity; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology