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Chronic primary adrenal insufficiency

Last revised by Vincent Tatco on 10 Jun 2017

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Jones J, Luijkx T, Weerakkody Y, et al. Chronic primary adrenal insufficiency. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-9076

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-9076

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/9076

rID:

9076

Article created:

16 Mar 2010, Jeremy Jones ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Jeremy Jones had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

10 Jun 2017, Vincent Tatco

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Vincent Tatco had no recorded disclosures.

View Vincent Tatco's current disclosures

Revisions:

5 times, by 5 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Urogenital

Sections:

Gamuts

Tags:

cases, endocrine

Chronic primary adrenal insufficiency has a number of causes. Primary adrenal insufficiency is termed Addison disease.

Pathology

Causes

idiopathic atrophy: autoimmune adrenalitis ¹
tuberculosis ¹: 25% calcify
fungal disease ¹
AIDS ¹
sarcoidosis ¹
bilateral metastatic disease ¹
various genetic disorders ¹
- adrenoleukodystrophy
- congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- congenital lipoid adrenal hypoplasia
- Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
- adrenal hypoplasia congenita
- IMAGe syndrome
- Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- ACTH insensitivity syndromes (familial glucocorticoid deficiency)
- triple A syndrome (Allgrove syndrome)

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