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In a patient who developed clinical signs of intracranial hypertension, bilateral papilledema and diplopia, in association with mild hypotension, hyponatremia and hyperkalemia, the hypothesis of Addison's disease was raised and confirmed. Substitutional therapy led to complete recovery. The present paper represents the first report of pseudotumor cerebri as the only clinical sign of an Addisonian crisis.
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Una paziente ha presentato segni clinici di ipertensione endocranica, papilledema bilaterale e diplopia, in associazione con lieve ipotensione arteriosa, iponatriemia e ipercaliemia. È stata avanzata e confermata la diagnosi di malattia di Addison. La terapia sostitutiva instaurata ha determinato una completa remissione del quadro clinico. Il presente studio rappresenta la prima evidenza di Pseudotumor Cerebri quale unico segno clinico di crisi addisoniana.
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Leggio, M.G., Cappa, A., Molinari, M. et al. Pseudotumor cerebri as presenting syndrome of Addisonian crisis. Ital J Neuro Sci 16, 385–389 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02229174
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