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Causes

Common Causes

• Tuberculosis
• AIDS
• Autoimmune/idiopathic
• CMV
• Hemorrhage, infarction
• Sarcoidosis
• Infections
• Volume / electrolyte disorders

Causes in Alphabetical Order

Adrenal aplasia / hypoplasia Adrenal metastases AIDS Amyloidosis Anticoagulation Arteritis After surgery of cortisol-secreting tumor Autoimmune/idiopathic Bilateral adrenalectomy Blastomycosis CMV Coagulopathy Coccidiomycosis Congenital adrenal hyperplasia Cryptococcosis Coma Drug withdrawal Drugs Embolus Fungal Glucocorticoid deficiency 1 Hemochromatosis Histoplasmosis

Hypotension Hemorrhage, infarction Iatrogenic Infections Kaposi's sarcoma Leukemia Lymphoma Mycobacterium avium intracellulaire (MAI) Neonatal Neoplasm Radiation therapy Sarcoidosis Sepsis Surgery Syphilis Thrombosis Toxoplasmosis Trauma Tuberculosis (20% of all Addison's) Uremia Waterhouse-Friderichson syndrome