Addison Disease after Appendicitis

Camacho, G. Del-Río MD
Orozco, A. Leal MD
López, M. Camino MD
Pérez-Tejerizo, G. MD
Capellán, J. I. Lara MD

From the Departments of Pediatrics (gd-rc, alo, mcl), Pediatric Surgery (gp-t), and Endocrinology (jilc), Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Submitted March 29, 1999; accepted in revised form June 28, 1999.

Correspondence: Genoveva Del-Río Camacho, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Avenida Reyes Católicos no. 2, 28040, Madrid, Spain (E-mail: [email protected]).

American Journal of the Medical Sciences 319(3):p 195-196, March 2000.

A 14-year-old boy manifested acute abdominal pain, vomiting, high temperature and diarrhea. He also underwent increasing hyponatremia and hyperkalemia after appendectomy. Further testing confirmed Addison disease. The serum adrenal antibody test was positive, and other autoimmune diseases were excluded.