ACUTE INSUFFICIENCY OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS; REPORT OF 2 CASES
Authors: Aaron Leonard Burger, Harold Fink
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 April 1939ACUTE INSUFFICIENCY OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS; REPORT OF 2 CASESAARON LEONARD BURGER, M.D., HAROLD FINK, M.D.AARON LEONARD BURGER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD FINK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-10-1583 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe Syndrome of chronic adrenal insufficiency has received considerable attention in the literature in the past decade due to increased knowledge of the pathologic physiology and improvement in therapeutic methods.1, 2, 3 Acute failure of adrenal function, beyond those cases noted in the new born as a result of trauma or hemorrhagic disease, is an uncommon finding.Reports of cases of acute insufficiency of the adrenal glands have appeared in the literature. The earliest such case noted is Case 10 in the original paper of Addison.4This case is not so typical as many of the other subsequent reports. Addison's...Bibliography1. ROWNTREESNELL LGAM: A clinical study of Addison's disease, 1931, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar2. ROGOFFSTEWART JMGN: Suprarenal cortical extracts in suprarenal insufficiency (Addison's disease), Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1929, xcii, 1569. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SWINGLEPFIFFNER WWJJ: An aqueous extract of the suprarenal cortex which maintains the life of bilaterally adrenalectomized cats, Science, 1930, lxxi, 321. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. ADDISON T: Original paper quoted in Rowntree and Snell. Google Scholar5. LAVENSON RS: Acute insufficiency of the suprarenals, Arch. Int. Med., 1908, ii, 62. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. BOYD W: Acute adrenal insufficiency, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1918, iv, 133. Google Scholar7. OUDARD : Abstract—Latent suprarenal insufficiency, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1922, lxxviii, 1168. Google Scholar8. TERZANI A: Insufficienza surrenale acuta mortale per tubercolosi delle ghiandole surrenali, Riv. di clin. med., 1930, xxxi, 474-485. Google Scholar9. COHOE BA: Addison's disease, Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1922, ii, 277. Google Scholar10. FRIED BM: The primary complex (Initial anatomic lesion in childhood type of tuberculosis): A historical study, Arch. Path., 1936, xxii, 829. Google Scholar11. SEZARY A: Acute suprarenal insufficiency, Rev. di med., 1923, xl, 246-256. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, New York*Received for publication April 8, 1938.From the Department of Medicine, Philip I. Nash, Director, and Department of Pathology, Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Department of Hospitals, City of New York.) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCalcification and ossification of the adrenals in a nine-month-old infant 1 April 1939Volume 12, Issue 10Page: 1583-1591KeywordsAdrenal glandsHospital medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...