ADDISON'S DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS
Authors: Gildo Del Negro, Bernardo L. Wajchenberg, Virgilio G. Pereira, José Shnaider, A. B. De Ulhoa Cintra, L. Marques De Assis, S. A. Prado Sampaio
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Article1 February 1961ADDISON'S DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSISGILDO DEL NEGRO, M.D., M.P.H., BERNARDO L. WAJCHENBERG, M.D., VIRGILIO G. PEREIRA, M.D., JOSÉ SHNAIDER, M.D., A. B. DE ULHOA CINTRA, D.M., PH.D., L. MARQUES DE ASSIS, M.D., S. A. PRADO SAMPAIO, M.D.GILDO DEL NEGRO, M.D., M.P.H.Search for more papers by this author, BERNARDO L. WAJCHENBERG, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, VIRGILIO G. PEREIRA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOSÉ SHNAIDER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, A. B. DE ULHOA CINTRA, D.M., PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, L. MARQUES DE ASSIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, S. A. PRADO SAMPAIO, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-2-189 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe systemic mycotic diseases as etiologic agents of chronic adrenal insufficiency have been considered in the medical literature. Thus, histoplasmosis,1-5a cryptococcosis,2, 6 coccidioidomycosis,7, 8 and North American blastomycosis9-11 have been found to involve the adrenals. In some cases the clinical picture of Addison's disease has been produced.South American blastomycosis is a systemic fungus disease, the visceral lesions of which frequently appear in the adrenals at autopsy. Extensive destruction of the adrenal glands has been reported, but no studies of adrenal function based on adrenocortical stimulation tests had been done ante-mortem. It is the purpose of this paper to report...Bibliography1. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: São Paulo, Brazil*Received for publication July 26, 1960.†From the Department of Tropical Medicine and Infectious diseases and the First Medical Clinics, Hospital das Clinicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Gildo Del Negro, M.D., Hospital das Clinicas, Fac. de Med. da Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 8091, São Paulo, Brazil. 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