Adrenal dysfunction

  • Diagnosed clinically and biochemically
  • Imaging to identify causal lesion, unilateral or bilateral, plan surgical or medical management
Types 
  1. Cortical hyperfunction
    1. Cushing’s syndrome
    2. Conn’s syndrome
    3. Adrenogenital syndrome
  2. Medullary hyperfunction
    1. Adrenal medullary hyperplasia
    2. Pheochromocytoma
  3. Cortical hypofunction
    1. Addison’s disease
    2. Secondary cortical insufficiency (due to decreased ACTH)