Adrenomyeloneuropathy.

[adrenomyeloneuropathy]

A 29 -year -old male patient presented with progressive spastic paraparesis of three years duration . He also had gait ataxia which led to recurrent falls . In addition , there was pigmentation of the skin creases , tongue and buccal mucosa . His clinical course was remarkable by recurrent episodes of diarrhea , pulmonary tuberculosis . The investigatory work up showed a normal MRI scan of the brain , spinal cord and normal abdominal structures . The basal serum cortisol levels were low . Adrenomyeloneuropathy was diagnosed and he was started on corticosteroid supplementation . Mineralocorticoid supplementation also is planned in the follow up . The case is being presented for its rarity .

Diseases
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Diseases presenting "year-old male patient" symptom

adrenal incidentaloma

adrenomyeloneuropathy

alexander disease

allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis

cadasil

coats disease

cohen syndrome

cystinuria

dentinogenesis imperfecta

erdheim-chester disease

erythropoietic protoporphyria

esophageal carcinoma

fabry disease

heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

homocystinuria without methylmalonic aciduria

hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius

liposarcoma

malignant atrophic papulosis

monosomy 21

oligodontia

papillon-lefèvre syndrome

pendred syndrome

pleomorphic liposarcoma

triple a syndrome

waldenström macroglobulinemia

well-differentiated liposarcoma

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