Addisonian crisis due to adrenal gland metastasis in Hodgkin's disease.
Adrenal insufficiency or Addison's disease is a rare illness associated with multiple pathology. We describe the case of a 61-year-old male with Hodgkin's disease and metastases in both adrenal glands who was diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency as a result of an acute addisonian crisis.
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Department of General Surgery, University of Atatürk School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
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D000224:Addison Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged