PRIMARYDisorders associated with adrenal gland hyperplasia
•              21-Hydroxylase deficiency (gene CYP21A2, OMIM 210910)
•              3β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency (gene HSD3B2, OMIM 201810)
•              Cholesterol desmolase deficiency (gene CYP11A, OMIM 201710, 118485)
•              Lipoid hyperplasia (gene STAR, OMIM 201710)
•              Glucocorticoid resistance (gene GCCR, OMIM 138040)
•              Wolman disease (gene LIPA, OMIM 278000)
Disorders associated with adrenal gland hypoplasia
•              Adrenal hypoplasia congenita (gene NR0B1(DAX-1), OMIM 300200)
•              Adrenocortical insufficiency with or without ovarian defect (gene NR5A1 (SF-1), OMIM 184757)
•              Familial glucocorticoid deficiency (ACTH resistance) (gene MC2R/MRAP, OMIM 202200)
•              Triple A (ACTH resistance, achalasia, alacrima) (gene AAAS, OMIM 231550)
•              IMAGe (intrauterine growth retardation, metaphyseal dysplasia, adrenal hypoplasia congenital and genital anomalies) syndrome (X-linked, OMIM 300290)
Metabolic diseases
•              Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-linked) (gene ABCD1, OMIM 300100)
•              Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (gene DCHR7, OMIM 270400)
•              Kearns-Sayre syndrome (gene mitochondrial DNA deletions, OMIM 530000)
Disorders associated with isolated aldosterone deficiency
•              Pseudohypoaldosteronism, type 1 (AR) (gene ENaC, OMIM 264350)
•              Pseudohypoaldosteronism, type 1 (AD) (gene MR, OMIM 177735)
•              Pseudohypoaldosteronism, type 2 (AR) (gene WNK4;WNK1, OMIM 145260)
•              Corticosterone methyl oxidase deficiency I (gene CYP11B2, OMIM 124080)
•              Corticosterone methyl oxidase deficiency I (gene CYP11B2, OMIM 610600)
Acquired
•              Autoimmune adrenalitis, isolated
•              Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (gene AIRE, OMIM 240300)
•              Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 2 (gene MICA5.1 & HLA-DR3/DQ2, OMIM 269200)
•              Hemorrhage or infarction due to:
ₒ Trauma
ₒ Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
ₒ Anticoagulation
ₒ Drug effects (aminoglutethimide, mitotane, ketoconazole, metyrapone, medroxyprogesterone, megestrol, etomidate, rifampin, phenytoin, barbiturates)
ₒ Infection
ₒ Virus (HIV, cytomegalovirus)
ₒ Fungus (coccidiomycosis, histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, cryptococcosis)
ₒ Mycobacterium (tuberculosis)
ₒ Amebic
ₒ nfiltrative
•             Hemochromatosis, histiocytosis, sarcoidosis, amyloidosis
•             Neoplasm
SECONDARY
Hypothalamus
Congenital
•              Septo-optic dysplasia (gene HESX1, OMIM 182230)
•              Corticotropin releasing hormone deficiency (gene CRH, OMIM 122560)
•              Maternal hypercortisolemia
Acquired
•              Inflammatory disorders
•              Trauma
•              Radiotherapy
•              Surgery
•              Tumors
•              Infiltrative disease (sarcoidosis, histocytosis X)
•              Steroid withdrawal after prolonged administration
Pituitary
Congenital
•              Pituitary hormone deficiency, combined (gene POU1F1/PIT1, OMIM 173110, gene PROP-1, OMIM 601538)
•              Proopiomelanocortin deficiency (gene POMC, OMIM 609734)
•              Proconvertase 1 (gene PCSK1, OMIM 600955)
•              Isolated ACTH deficiency (gene TBX19/TPIT, OMIM 604614)
Acquired
•              Trauma
•              Tumor (craniopharyngioma)
•              Radiotherapy
•              Lymphocytic hypophysitis
•              Steroid withdrawal after prolonged administration
Table 1: Causes of adrenal cortical insufficiency.