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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.

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