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Adrenomyeloneuropathy: a rare cause of Addison's disease?
M M Hochstenbag1, F P Peters, H W Anten
1Department of Internal Medicine, Maasland Ziekenhuis, Sittard, Netherlands.
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
|August 1, 1996
Abstract:
A 31-year-old male patient is reported who presented with neurological symptoms. He developed a urinary tract infection and an Addisonian crisis. This was due to adrenomyeloneuropathy, a form of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy and characterized by accumulation of very-long-chain fatty acids in the adrenal cortex and nervous tissues.