NBME 23 Answers : Block 1 : #24 = A 39-year-old man comes to the physician because of ...

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Hemochromatosis, aka "bronze diabetes". Cannot be Addison due to the hyperglycemia and normal BP

alexb I missed this bc didn't notice it was a middle-aged guy w/ just 3 year hx of Type 1 DM. +2

tinydoc I got it mixed up with primary adrenal insufficiency and the acth ⇒ hyperpigmentation. +9

maddy1994 testicular atrophy &hepatomegaly helped me out to eliminate the options..when i was left with ferritin and saw pigmentation it clicked that it is hemochromatosis +3

krewfoo99 Symptoms of Darkening of skin, liver dysfunction, diabetes, with testicular atrophy will always be hemochromatosis +2