Addison's disease
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Background
- Primary adrenal insufficiency
- Bilateral adrenal destruction by tuberculosis used to be most common cause, now only accounts for 7-20% of cases
- Autoimmune disease 70-90%, remainder caused by infectious disease, metastasis or lymphoma, adrenal hemorrhage, infarction, or drugs.