COMBINED HYPERTHYROIDISM AND ADRENAL CORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY: EFFECT OF IODINE THERAPY: A CASE REPORT
Authors: Leo Gitman, Morris Ant, Jacobi Mendel
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Case Reports1 September 1943COMBINED HYPERTHYROIDISM AND ADRENAL CORTICAL INSUFFICIENCY: EFFECT OF IODINE THERAPY: A CASE REPORTLEO GITMAN, M.D., MORRIS ANT, M.D., JACOBI MENDEL, M.D., F.A.C.P.LEO GITMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MORRIS ANT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JACOBI MENDEL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-3-507 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe coexistence of hyperthyroidism and adrenal cortical insufficiency is unusual, relatively few cases having been cited in the literature. Rolleston1cites several early reports of skin pigmentation in advanced Graves' disease. More recent cases have been reported, chiefly by French investigators.2, 3, 4, 5All these cases have been adjudged, as to the adrenal component, entirely on clinical evidences alone, and only one case of Brenner's (case 4)6was supported by anatomical evidence. Anderson and Lyall7described the appearance of Addison's disease in a patient with hyperthyroidism several years after roentgen treatment of the thyrotoxic state. The diagnosis in this...Bibliography1. ROLLESTON HD: The endocrine organs in health and disease, 1936, Oxford University Press, London, page 244. Google Scholar2. ETIENNE G: Addisonisme total, syndrome polyglandulaire par dysthyroidie et dyssurrenalie, Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris, 1910, i, 824-829. Google Scholar3. ETIENNERICHARDS GG: A propos d'un syndrome Basedowien d'origine émotive survenu chez un Addisonien. Etude pathogenique, Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris, 1918, xlii, 1199-1203. Google Scholar4. 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