Primary Adrenal Insufficiency—Diagnosis and Management Challenges
Author(s) -
Ioana Țaranu,
Victoria Creț
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
central european annals of clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2668-7305
DOI - 10.35995/ceacr2010020
Subject(s) - adrenal insufficiency , hyponatremia , primary adrenal insufficiency , asymptomatic , medicine , missense mutation , hyperkalemia , hypotonia , pediatrics , adrenal gland , intensive care medicine , adrenal crisis , endocrinology , mutation , gene , biology , genetics
We present the case of a child with mild axial hypotonia and episodes of persistent hyponatremia and hyperkalemia early in life, followed by an asymptomatic long period. During the present hospital admission, dysregulation of the adrenal gland function and detection of two missense variants in NR0B1 (nuclear receptor subfamily 0 group B member 1) gene state with high probability the diagnosis of congenital adrenal insufficiency. Management include substitution therapy and food supplementation with salt with good outcome.
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