Progressive adrenal failure in polyglandular autoimmune disease

Premature Ovarian Failure in Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome

Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes are a rare group of disorders of which Type II is the commonest. Premature ovarian failure is a minor feature of the disorder. The identification of the syndrome may take several years and different medical specialties need to be involved in the diagnosis and management of the case. The present case report describes the difficulties encountered in the diagnosi...

Idiopathic Adrenal Insufficiency Isolated Addison's Disease or Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Typ I and II

ADRENAL DISORDERS Abstract #100 A CASE OF ACUTE ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY AND HYPOTHYROIDISM: AUTOIMMUNE POLYGLANDULAR SYNDROME?

100 A CASE OF ACUTE ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY AND HYPOTHYROIDISM: AUTOIMMUNE POLYGLANDULAR SYNDROME? German Velasco, MD, Andrew Weinberg, DO, and Spyros Mezitis, MD, PhD Objective: To illustrate the acute presentation of adrenal insufficiency (AAI) in a patient with hypothyroidism with an overview of autoimmune polyglandular syndromes (APS). Case presentation: A 29 year-old male with a history of h...

Polyglandular Autoimmune Syndromes (pga)

Definition of PGA PGA involve multiple endocrine gland insufficiencies (minimum two), being frequently associated with diseases of non-endocrine organs, and occur in individual patients and their families.1,2 The autoimmune endocrine associations recognise more generics: autoimmune polyglandular syndromes (APS), autoimmune polyendocrine disease (APD), polyglandular failure syndromes (PFS), and ...

Growth hormone deficiency in autoimmune polyglandular disease type 1.

This is a case report of 2 patients who were diagnosed to have autoimmune polyglandular disease type 1. Both developed mucocutaneous candidiasis, hypoparathyroidism, vitiligo, and adrenocortical insufficiency. Both were noticed to have subnormal linear growth velocity and delayed bone age. Both showed subnormal stimulated serum growth hormone values indicating growth hormone deficiency. The fir...