Abstract

SORIA OVIEDO, Prudencio et al. Generalized hyperpigmentation. A propose of a case. Rev. Med. Electrón. [online]. 2013, vol.35, n.3, pp. 287-295. ISSN 1684-1824.

We present the case of a female patient, aged 63 years, assisting the consultation for asthenia, weight loss and hypotension a year of evolution, adding in the last months generalized hyperpigmentation of the skin and mucosae. She was admitted in the teaching Clinic-Surgical Hospital Faustino Pérez Hernández for study, where we arrived to the conclusion that it was Adisson disease, showing a satisfactory answer to the specific treatment.

Keywords : generalized hyperpigmentation; Addison disease; therapy.

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