Schmidt syndrome

1. [A. Schmidt] paralysis on one side, affecting the vocal cord, the velum palati, the trapezius muscle, and the sternocleidomastoid muscle, due to a brain lesion affecting the vagus nerve and the spinal accessory nerve. Called also vagoaccessory s. 2. [M. B. Schmidt] hypofunction of more than one endocrine gland, such as the thyroid, adrenals, gonads, parathyroids, and endocrine pancreas (in any combination), along with nonendocrine abnormalities of presumed autoimmune origin, such as vitiligo, alopecia, and pernicious anemia; it occurs primarily in adult females. The term was originally applied to primary failure of the adrenal and thyroid glands. Called also polyglandular autoimmune syndrome, type II.