title: Addison's disease as a presentation of metastatic malignant melanoma.
abstract: Melanoma accounts for 5% of all skin cancers. The risk of metastasis is related to the thickness of the tumour, and can affect local, regional and distant sites. Adrenal metastasis from melanoma of the head and neck is uncommon and often asymptomatic. Addison's disease as a presentation of metastatic melanoma is extremely rare and we are unaware of previous reports in the world literature. We report a case of a patient with metastatic melanoma presenting with signs and symptoms of Addison's disease.
authors.affiliation: Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust , UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust , UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust , UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ethunandan
authors.affiliation: Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust , UK.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ilankovan
mesh_terms: D000224:Addison Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D061705:Image-Guided Biopsy; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
keywords: Addison’s disease; Melanoma; Metastasis