Addison's disease classification
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Adrenal insufficiency disorders may be classified into two categories depending upon the duration of symptoms into acute or chronic forms, and based on etiology into primary or secondary adrenal insufficiency.
Classification
Adrenal insufficiency disorders may be classified into two categories depending upon the duration of symptoms into acute or chronic forms, and based on etiology into primary or secondary adrenal insufficiency.[1][2]
Based on the duration of symptoms
Acute adrenal insufficiency
- Adrenal crisis
Chronic adrenal insufficiency
- Chronic primary adrenal insufficiency
- Chronic secondary adrenal insufficiency
Based on etiology
Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease)
- Anatomic destruction of the adrenal gland
- Infection (TB)
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Secondary adrenal insufficiency
- Hypothalamic-pituitary axis suppression
References
- ↑ Bornstein SR, Allolio B, Arlt W, Barthel A, Don-Wauchope A, Hammer GD, Husebye ES, Merke DP, Murad MH, Stratakis CA, Torpy DJ (2016). "Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Adrenal Insufficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 101 (2): 364–89. doi:10.1210/jc.2015-1710. PMC 4880116. PMID 26760044.
- ↑ Jacob-Cormier B, Petitjean J, Asselin D, Quibriac M, Von Theobald P (1989). "[Ureaplasma urealyticum and chorioamnionitis]". Rev Fr Gynecol Obstet (in French). 84 (1): 25–8. PMID 2928659.