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H B Cupp

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Secondary adrenal insufficiency manifested as an acute febrile illness.

High fever occurred in a 30-year-old woman five weeks after transsphenoidal hypophysectomy for a pituitary adenoma. Extensive investigation failed to reveal any evidence of infection, and the clinical findings suggested the fever to be a manifestation of steroid withdrawal. Either suboptimal dosage of corticosteroid replacement therapy or omission of such therapy in adrenal insufficiency must be considered in the differential diagnosis of enigmatic postoperative fever.

Acute Disease