Shock: A possible presenting manifestation of autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type II

Indian J Crit Care Med. 2014 May;18(5):326-7. doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.132507.

Abstract

Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome Type II (APS II), also known as polyglandular autoimmune syndrome Type II or Schmidt syndrome, is constellations of multiple endocrine gland insufficiencies. It is a rare, but most common of the immunoendocrinopathy syndrome. It is characterized by the obligatory occurrence of autoimmune Addison's disease in combination with thyroid autoimmune diseases and/or Type I diabetes, hypogonadism, hypophysitis, myasthenia gravis, vitiligo, alopecia, pernicious anemia, and celiac disease. Here, we report a case of 38-year-old female patient presented with shock, further diagnosed to have APS II.

Keywords: Addison's disease; Schmidt syndrome; hypogonadism.

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