title: Addisonian crisis due to adrenal gland metastasis in Hodgkin's disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University of Atatürk School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Akçay
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Tekin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Akçay
mesh_terms: 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