ArticleJournal of medical case reports2019
Idiopathic and isolated adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency presenting as continuous epigastric discomfort without symptoms of hypoglycemia: a case report.
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backgroundIsolated adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency is one kind of hypopituitarism and is triggered by various diseases including autoimmune disorder and/or autoimmune hypophysitis. Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency brings out various serious symptoms such as severe hypoglycemia, hypotensive shock, and disturbance of consciousness. CASE PRESENTATION: Here we report a case of 65-year-old Japanese man who developed idiopathic and isolated adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency. He had continued epigastric comfort without any symptom of hypoglycemia or any autoimmune abnormality. Since he continued to complain of mild epigastric discomfort and general malaise, he was misdiagnosed as having functional dyspepsia and a depression state and took medicine for them for several months. Infection markers and several antibodies which we examined were all negative. An abdominal computed tomography scan showed no mass in adrenal tissue; contrast magnetic resonance imaging of his brain showed that pituitary size was within normal range, and pituitary gland deep dyeing delay and/or deeply stained deficit were not observed. However, in a corticotropin-releasing hormone load test, response of adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol was poor after corticotropin-releasing hormone loading, and in growth hormone-releasing peptide 2 load test, adrenocorticotropic hormone response was poor, suggesting the presence of adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency. Therefore, we started treatment with hydrocortisone, and his various symptoms were soon mitigated.
conclusionsWe should bear in mind the possibility of adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency even when patients complain of epigastric discomfort or general malaise alone.
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