Addison disease after appendicitis.
A 14-year-old boy manifested acute abdominal pain, vomiting, high temperature and diarrhea. He also underwent increasing hyponatremia and hyperkalemia after appendectomy. Further testing confirmed Addison disease. The serum adrenal antibody test was positive, and other autoimmune diseases were excluded.
Del-Río Camacho
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Department of Pediatrics, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. rpediatria@fjd.es
Leal Orozco
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Camino López
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Pérez-Tejerizo
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Lara Capellán
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000224:Addison Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000276:immunology*; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D015551:Autoimmunity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006947:Hyperkalemia / Q000209:etiology; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology
D001323:Autoantibodies