A Case of Schmidt Syndrome Masqueraded by End Stage Renal Disease

Abstract

Sarahi Herrera- Gonzalez and Martha Bilbatua

Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes (APS) are a rare manifestation of autoimmune diseases, this syndrome is composed by 5 types, nevertheless Type I (or juvenile) and Type II (or Adult) syndromes are the most common. APS II englobes Adrenal Insufficiency associated with Autoimmune thyroid disease or/and Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 [1]. We present and interest case of a patient with Autoimmune Hypothyroidism and Adrenal insufficiency whose diagnosis was delayed by masquerade of diagnosis by concomitant End Stage Renal disease.

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