A Case of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency Presenting as the Initial Clinical Manifestation of Primary Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome / 대한류마티스학회지

ABSTRACT

Primary adrenal insufficiency is one of the rare clinical manifestations of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. The pathogenesis is mainly ascribed to the hemorrhagic infarction secondary to thrombosis. We describe a 19-year-old man who developed symptoms of adrenal insufficiency and then was diagnosed of primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, which is the first reported case in adult patients in Korea. The possibility of adrenal failure should be considered in the management of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and also, when primary adrenal insufficiency is accompanied by no definite etiology, the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome should be considered as a possible etiology.