BRONCHIAL-ASTHMA WITH ADDISONS-DISEASE

A 14-year-old boy with bronchial asthma who was subsequently diagnosed to have coexistent Addison's disease is presented. Both diseases resp onded to continuous replacement steroid therapy. We suggest that worse ning of bronchial asthma symptoms in this patient may be due to the hy pocortisolemia produced by the coexistent Addison's disease. Patients with Addison's disease with clinical evidence of bronchial asthma have rarely been reported [1, 2]. A 14-year-old boy in whom symptoms of br onchial asthma obscured the otherwise obvious diagnosis of adrenocorti cal insufficiency is presented.