Addison's disease causes

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

Causes

Common Causes

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

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	No underlying causes
Chemical / poisoning	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	Adrenal aplasia / hypoplasia, Adrenal metastases,
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	No underlying causes
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	No underlying causes
Iatrogenic	No underlying causes
Infectious Disease	AIDS,
Musculoskeletal / Ortho	No underlying causes
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional / Metabolic	No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	No underlying causes
Opthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	No underlying causes
Renal / Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheum / Immune / Allergy	No underlying causes
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Amyloidosis,

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