Objective To describe a patient admitted with acute adrenocortical failure and a right adrenal
mass without evidence of tuberculosis, who was ultimately diagnosed with isolated adrenal …

A 55-year-old woman presented with acute adrenal failure, active pulmonary tuberculosis
and an enlarged adrenal mass which was subsequently removed surgically. Histopathologic …

Adrenal tuberculosis (TB) is a rare disease, which is difficult to diagnose because of its
atypical symptoms. We reported a 41-year-old female who was admitted to hospital due to a …

A case of isolated, bilateral, adrenal tuberculosis is presented. A 25-year-old male was
admitted to the hospital due to lumbar pain, fever, weight loss and anorexia. Abdominal …

Infections of the adrenal glands remain an important cause of adrenal insufficiency,
especially in the developing world. Indeed, when Thomas Addison first described the …

The adrenal gland is one of the organs which tuberculosis infects. In most clinical settings
bilateral adrenal tuberculosis has been clarified after adrenal insufficiency is overt. On the …

OBJECTIVE Tuberculosis is potentially fatal and adrenal gland involvement is uncommonly
reported. The aims of the current study were to define the characteristics of tuberculosis in …

Normal-appearing or atrophic glands with increased adrenal autoantibodies indicate
autoimmune destruction. In bilateral adrenal enlargement and calcifications, tuberculous …

Genitourinary tuberculosis (TB) rarely involves the adrenal gland. A 67-year-old man
presented with progressively hyperpigmented skin and an enlarged mass over both testes …

Addison's disease was first described by Thomas Addison in 1855. He demonstrated the
destruction of bilateral adrenal gland by tuberculosis (TB) in six patients. Since then, the …