Secondary adrenal insufficiency

Adrenal insufficiency
Adrenal gland
ICD-10	E27.1-E27.4
ICD-9	255.4
MeSH	D000309

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Synonyms and keywords: hypocortisolism; hypocorticism; adrenocortical hypofunction

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See also

• Addison disease, primary adrenocortical insufficiency
• ACTH stimulation test
• Cushing's syndrome, overproduction of cortisol
• Insulin tolerance test, another test used to identify sub-types of adrenal insufficiency.
• Adrenal fatigue (hypoadrenia), a term used in alternative medicine to describe a believed exhaustion of the adrenal glands.