Table 1.

Differential diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency

Acute adrenal insufficiency	Chronic adrenal insufficiency
Sepsis	Apathetic hyperthyroidism in elderly
Hypovolaemic shock	Myopathies
Acute gastroenteritis	Malignancies
Our case	Major depression
	Anorexia nervosa
	Salt losing nephropathy
	Chronic infections: TB/AIDS

Adapted from

Arlt and Allolio;²

Oelkers;³

Bornstein;⁸

Ten et al.⁹

TB, tuberculosis