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{{Addison's disease}} | {{Addison's disease}} | ||
{{CMG}} | {{CMG}} ; {{AE}} {{ADG}} | ||
==Overview== | |||
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==Causes== | |||
===Life-threatening Causes=== | |||
Life-threatening causes of Addison's disease include: | |||
*AIDS complications | |||
*Adrenal infarction | |||
*Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage(caused by trauma, anticoagulant therapy, or coagulation disorders).<ref name="pmid12704285">{{cite journal |vauthors=LaBan MM, Whitmore CE, Taylor RS |title=Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage after anticoagulation prophylaxis for bilateral knee arthroplasty |journal=Am J Phys Med Rehabil |volume=82 |issue=5 |pages=418–20 |year=2003 |pmid=12704285 |doi=10.1097/01.PHM.0000064741.97586.E4 |url=}}</ref> | |||
*Cancerous destruction of the adrenal gland, secondary to infiltrative or metastatic disease. | |||
*Tubercular and fungal destruction of adrenal glands. | |||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
Common causes of Addison's disease include:<ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:14-15</ref> | |||
* [[Autoimmune]]/[[Idiopathic]] | * [[Autoimmune]]/[[Idiopathic]] | ||
* [[Tuberculosis]] | * [[Tuberculosis]] | ||
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* [[Sarcoidosis]] | * [[Sarcoidosis]] | ||
* [[Infections]] | * [[Infections]] | ||
===Less common causes=== | |||
Less common causes of Addison's disease include: | |||
*Sarcoidosis | |||
*Amyloidosis | |||
*Fungal infections | |||
*AIDS complications | |||
*Hemochromatosis | |||
*Polyglandular endocrine syndromes | |||
*Adrenoleukodystrophy | |||
*Adrenomyelodystrophy | |||
*Congenital factors, including hypoplasia, familial glucocorticoid insufficiency, and enzyme defect | |||
===Causes by Organ System=== | ===Causes by Organ System=== | ||
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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
Causes
Life-threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes of Addison's disease include:
- AIDS complications
- Adrenal infarction
- Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage(caused by trauma, anticoagulant therapy, or coagulation disorders).[1]
- Cancerous destruction of the adrenal gland, secondary to infiltrative or metastatic disease.
- Tubercular and fungal destruction of adrenal glands.
Common Causes
Common causes of Addison's disease include:[2]
Less common causes
Less common causes of Addison's disease include:
- Sarcoidosis
- Amyloidosis
- Fungal infections
- AIDS complications
- Hemochromatosis
- Polyglandular endocrine syndromes
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Adrenomyelodystrophy
- Congenital factors, including hypoplasia, familial glucocorticoid insufficiency, and enzyme defect
Causes by Organ System
Cardiovascular | Arteritis, Hypotension, Hemorrhage, Infarction |
Chemical / poisoning | No underlying causes |
Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
Drug Side Effect | Corticosteroid withdrawal, Pasireotide |
Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
Endocrine | Adrenal aplasia / hypoplasia, Adrenal metastases, After surgery of cortisol-secreting tumor, Bilateral adrenalectomy , Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Glucocorticoid deficiency 1 |
Environmental | No underlying causes |
Gastroenterologic | Hemochromatosis |
Genetic | No underlying causes |
Hematologic | Anticoagulation, Coagulopathy , Embolus, Leukemia, Lymphoma , Thrombosis |
Iatrogenic | Iatrogenic, Radiation therapy |
Infectious Disease | AIDS, Blastomycosis, CMV, Coccidiomycosis, Cryptococcosis, Histoplasmosis , Mycobacterium avium intracellulaire (MAI), Sepsis, Syphilis, Toxoplasmosis, Tuberculosis, Waterhouse-Friderichson syndrome |
Musculoskeletal / Ortho | No underlying causes |
Neurologic | Adrenoleukodystrophy, Coma |
Nutritional / Metabolic | No underlying causes |
Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
Oncologic | Kaposi's sarcoma, Leukemia, Lymphoma |
Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
Overdose / Toxicity | No underlying causes |
Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
Pulmonary | Sarcoidosis, |
Renal / Electrolyte | Uremia, Waterhouse-Friderichson syndrome |
Rheum / Immune / Allergy | Autoimmune, Sarcoidosis |
Sexual | No underlying causes |
Trauma | Trauma |
Urologic | No underlying causes |
Dental | No underlying causes |
Miscellaneous | Amyloidosis, Idiopathic, Iatrogenic, Radiation therapy, Surgery |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Adrenal aplasia / hypoplasia
- Adrenal metastases
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- AIDS
- Amyloidosis
- Anticoagulation
- Arteritis
- After surgery of cortisol-secreting tumor
- Autoimmune/idiopathic
- Bilateral adrenalectomy
- Blastomycosis
- CMV
- Coagulopathy
- Coccidiomycosis
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Cryptococcosis
- Coma
- Corticosteroid withdrawal
- Drugs
- Embolus
- Glucocorticoid deficiency 1
- Hemochromatosis
- Histoplasmosis
- Hypotension
- Hemorrhage, infarction
- Iatrogenic
- 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
References
- ↑ LaBan MM, Whitmore CE, Taylor RS (2003). "Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage after anticoagulation prophylaxis for bilateral knee arthroplasty". Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 82 (5): 418–20. doi:10.1097/01.PHM.0000064741.97586.E4. PMID 12704285.
- ↑ Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:14-15