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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 acute and chronic forms, depending on the timing of presentation and duration and into primary and secondary, depending on the etiology of adrenal insufficiency.[1]
Classification
Adrenal insufficiency disorders may be classified into acute and chronic forms, depending on the timing of presentation and duration and into primary and secondary, depending on the etiology of adrenal insufficiency.
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(Addisons 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.