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Addison's disease due to tuberculosis in a 13-year-old girl

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A 13-year-old girl developed Addison's disease during antituberculous therapy for presumed tuberculous ventriculitis. CT of the abdomen showed diffusely enlarged hypodense adrenals and a hypodense lesion in the lower pole of the left kidney. Biopsy of the renal lesion revealed caseating and noncaseating granulomas.

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  1. Department of Radiology, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68 Street, 10021, New York, NY, USA

    A. Jagannath, P. W. Brill & P. Winchester

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Jagannath, A., Brill, P.W. & Winchester, P. Addison's disease due to tuberculosis in a 13-year-old girl. Pediatr Radiol 16, 522–524 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02387974

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