Adrenal gland primary tuberculosis: report of two cases
Tuberculosis is highly prevalent and is still currently the leading cause of adrenal insufficiency in many areas of the world. Clinically this disease remains asymptomatic during early stages, but due to adrenal function loss symptoms become insidious and gradual, mostly unspecific. We report two ca...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Repositorio: | Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/2639 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/2639 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Glándula suprarrenal tuberculosis suprarrenal insuficiencia suprarrenal. Adrenal glands adrenal tuberculosis adrenal insufficiency. |
| Sumario: | Tuberculosis is highly prevalent and is still currently the leading cause of adrenal insufficiency in many areas of the world. Clinically this disease remains asymptomatic during early stages, but due to adrenal function loss symptoms become insidious and gradual, mostly unspecific. We report two cases of female patients with clinical symptoms of chronic bilateral primary adrenal insufficiency with active tuberculosis infection by histopathology. |
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