Addison's disease presenting with muscle spasm.
Primary hypoadrenalism has various causes and protean manifestation. We report a young female patient who presented with severe muscle spasm as her primary complaint. On evaluation she was found to be a case of Addison's disease secondary to adrenal tuberculosis. Her muscle spasm disappeared rapidly with replacement dose of glucocorticoid.
Rana
R
Bhattacharjee
A
A
Sharma
A
A
Rays
I
I
Thakur
D
D
Sarkar
B
B
Mandal
S K
SK
Mookerjee
S K
SK
Chatterjee
Pradip Roy
PR
Chowdhury
D000224:Addison Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D013035:Spasm / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014383:Tuberculosis, Endocrine / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids