Open AccessAN AUTOPSY CASE OF SCHMIDT'S SYNDROME
Author(s) -
UEI Yoshio,
TAKAHASHI Yohei
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1970.tb02747.x
Subject(s) - schmidt reaction , medicine , chemistry , stereochemistry
A 49‐year‐old Japanese woman, who developed adrenal and thyroid insufficiency approximately 8 years prior to death and expired from adrenal insufficiency was described. No specific endocrinological and immunological tests were performed. Autopsy revealed idiopathic Addison's disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, acute glomerulonephritis and primary hyperplasia of parathyroid gland. Reviewing the literature some comments were made on the incidence, morphology and pathogenesis of idiopathic Addison's disease and Schmidt's syndrome. This is the first case of Schmidt's syndrome as well as of idiopathic Addison's disease in Japan. ACTA PATH. JAP. 20: 215 ‐ 226, 1970.