Open AccessCardiac Tamponade in Adrenoleukodystrophy with Addison’s Disease
Author(s) -
Francisca Delerue,
Raquel Freitas,
Pedro Correia Azevedo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2021_002691
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , etiology , tamponade , disease , emergency department , differential diagnosis , addison's disease , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , cardiology , pathology , psychiatry
Cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening medical emergency and can arise in many clinical situations. We present the case of a 59-year-old man with adrenoleukodystrophy and Addison’s disease who was admitted to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain that turned out to be cardiac tamponade of unknown aetiology. An association between cardiac tamponade and Addison’s disease has been reported in the literature, so this aetiology should be considered in the differential diagnosis for patients presenting with unexplained cardiac tamponade.