Author/Authors :
Chowdhury, Jalil Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka , Salma, Umma Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka , Uddin Ahmed, Quazi Mamtaz Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka , Fariduddin, Md Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka , Alam, Afroza Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka , Nabi Khan, Khairun Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery - Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka
Abstract :
A 40-year-old woman having normal menstrual history got admitted into Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) because of vomiting for previous two months, with a background history of irregular steroid intake for her bodyache for about six years. She was gaining weight and gradually losing vision in her right eye and noticed increased body pigmentation. Physical examination revealed BMI 29 kg/m^2, generalized pigmentation more marked in palmar crease and oral mucosa, secondary optic atrophy in right eye and papilloedema in left eye. After biochemical and radiological investigation she was diagnosed as a case of Addison’s disease with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) with empty sella.
