Objective: To report a case of adrenal insufficiency caused by chronic corticosteroid
treatment. Summary: This case study describes a 71-year-old Caucasian woman diagnosed …

Adrenal insufficiency (AI) is a rare disease caused by destruction of the adrenal glands or
dysfunction of the pituitary gland or the hypothalamus. Treatment usually requires lifelong …

Glucocorticoid-induced adrenal insufficiency is caused by exogenous glucocorticoid
suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and is the most prevalent form of …

Prolonged glucocorticoid therapy is considered to be the most common cause of secondary
adrenal insufficiency. Despite this, its true incidence remains unknown and the risk of acute …

A 62-year-old Asian British female presented with increasing tiredness. She had multiple co-
morbidities and was prescribed steroid inhalers for asthma. She had also received short …

A 42-year-old man with complaints of muscle soreness and an increased pigmentation of
the skin was referred because of a suspicion of adrenal insufficiency. His …

Systemic glucocorticoid therapy is used worldwide by one to three percent of the general
population and 0.5-1.8% on long-term oral glucocorticoid use. It is widely used in conditions …

Glucocorticoid therapy is widely used, but withdrawal from glucocorticoids comes with a
potential life-threatening risk of adrenal insufficiency. Recent case reports document that …

Background Biochemical adrenal insufficiency induced by glucocorticoid treatment is
prevalent, but data on the clinical implications are sparse. We investigated clinical …

Background Adrenal insufficiency (AI) is a life-threatening disorder caused by the deficiency
of adrenal steroid hormones. This retrospective cross-sectional study investigated the …