Open AccessThe "double a" phenotype: Portending allgrove′s syndrome and averting adrenal crisis
Author(s) -
Soumik Goswami,
Ajitesh Roy,
Rana Bhattacharjee,
K S Shivaprasad,
Partha Pratim Chakraborty,
Chitra Selvan,
Anubhav Thukral,
Kaushik Biswas,
Sujoy Ghosh,
Satinath Mukhopadhyay,
Subhankar Chowdhury
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.104095
Subject(s) - medicine , achalasia , adrenal crisis , failure to thrive , pediatrics , girl , adrenal insufficiency , esophagus , psychology , developmental psychology
Allgrove's syndrome is a rare autosomal-recessive disorder with only about 70 cases reported thus far and is characterized by alacrima, achalasia, and ACTH insensitivity among other clinical features. However, it has a widely variable clinical presentation, which may result in such cases remaining undiagnosed.