title: Addison disease after appendicitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. rpediatria@fjd.es
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Del-Río Camacho
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leal Orozco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Camino López
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pérez-Tejerizo
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Lara Capellán
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies