Other endocrine disorders
DISEASES OF MANY GLANDS
Multiple gland failure
This is caused by autoimmune disease as detailed. Commonest are the associations of primary hypothyroidism and type 1 diabetes, and either of these with Addison’s disease or pernicious anaemia.
Multiple endocrine neoplasia
This is the name given to the simultaneous or metachronous recurrence of tumours involving a number of endocrine glands. They are inherite