RECOVERY FROM ADDISON'S DISEASE DUE TO DIFFUSE VASCULAR DISEASE WITH SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF HYPERTENSION AND GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
Authors: D E SILBERMAN, L G ROWNTREE, H B ORENSTEIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Case Reports1 April 1950RECOVERY FROM ADDISON'S DISEASE DUE TO DIFFUSE VASCULAR DISEASE WITH SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF HYPERTENSION AND GLOMERULONEPHRITISDAVID E. SILBERMAN, M.D., L. G. ROWNTREE, M.D., F.A.C.P., HAROLD B. ORENSTEIN, M.D.DAVID E. SILBERMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, L. G. ROWNTREE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD B. ORENSTEIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-4-760 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince Addison's original description of the disease of the adrenal glands in 1855, a sufficient number of reports of this ailment have been recorded to indicate the etiologic factors which may be concerned. Tuberculosis of the suprarenal glands accounts for the great majority of cases, and atrophy of doubtful origin for most of the remainder. In the latter group, syphilis co-exists in a fair percentage. Amyloidosis, metastatic carcinoma, deep roentgen-ray therapy to the epigastrium,1mycosis fungoides, and lesions involving the semilunar ganglion, the solar plexus and the abdominal sympathetic chain2have been reported as causes. Toxins with special affinity for...Bibliography1. Rowntree LG: Cecil's Textbook of Medicine, 6th edition, 1943, W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, p. 1238. Google Scholar2. Ibid. Google Scholar3. Brenner O: Addison's disease with atrophy of the cortex of the suprarenals, Quart. J. Med. 22: 121, 1928. Google Scholar4. Silbert S: Thrombo-angiitis obliterans and Addison's disease in the same patient, J. A. M. A. 108: 551, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Rowntree LG: An average survival of ten years in eight consecutive cases of Addison's disease, Acta med. Scandinav. 128: Supplement 196, 92, 1947. Google Scholar6. Rowntree LG: Report of three cases of "clinical" Addison's disease surviving more than 15 years, Endocrinology 26: 793, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Martinotti C: Sur les alterations des capsules surrenales consecutives a l'occlusion des veines centrales respectives, Arch. ital. de biol. 49: 236, 1908. Google Scholar8. Torrini UL: Sulle conseguenze delia legatura dei vasi surrenali. Contributo allo studio delle surreno-tossine, Lo sperimentale 64: 121, 1910. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 6, 1948.From the Medical Division and the Division of Laboratories, Montefiore Hospital, New York City. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySystemic lupus erythematosus with adrenal insufficiencyAdrenocortical insufficiencyKrankheiten der Gefäße 1 April 1950Volume 32, Issue 4Page: 760-774KeywordsAdrenal glandsAmyloidosisAtrophyGlomerulonephritisHypertensionLesionsSyphilisToxinsVascular diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...