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Published on: September 15, 2017
Chronic Central Adrenal Insufficiency in a Patient With Remote Traumatic Brain Injury and an Apparently Adequate
Kazunori Kageyama1, Keisuke Sato1, Satoshi Yamagata1
1Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Sendai Miyagi Japan.
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|September 26, 2026
Abstract:
In patients with a remote history of traumatic brain injury, central adrenal insufficiency may remain unrecognized for decades. An apparently adequate response to standard-dose ACTH stimulation should not preclude further evaluation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis when clinical and biochemical findings continue to suggest adrenal insufficiency.
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