title: Addison's disease and pregnancy: case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Addisonian crises, a rare but life-threatening event in pregnant women, may accompany stressful conditions such as labor, puerperium, infection, hyperemesis gravidarum or surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 36-year-old woman, primigravida, with Addison's disease, diagnosed when she was 10 year-old and treated with cortisone and fludrocortisone. The therapy was regulated to avoid adrenal crisis during pregnancy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The woman underwent to caesarean section at 38th week and gave birth to a normal baby.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The successful management of pregnant women with Addison's disease, regarding her state and that of the foetus, reassures those women that nowadays Addison's disease and pregnancy are not incompatible when proper monitoring and management is provided.
authors.affiliation: Artemisia Fetal Maternal Medical Centre, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cosimo
authors.forename: Ciro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franco