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Adrenal insufficiency can also result when a patient has a brain mass in the pituitary gland (e.g. pituitary adenoma, craniopharyngioma) which can take up space and interfere with the secretion of pituitary hormones such as ACTH, therefore leading to decreased adrenal stimulation (secondary adrenal insufficiency). [2]
A low-dose ACTH stimulation test has been suggested as a sensitive test for secondary adrenal insufficiency diagnosis. [10] When compared to insulin tolerance testing [11] and the high-dose ACTH test, this test allows for a more accurate identification of patients with secondary adrenal insufficiency. [12]
If the short test is abnormal, the long test is used to differentiate between primary adrenal insufficiency and secondary adrenocortical insufficiency. [28] The long test uses 1 mg tetracosactide (intramuscular). Blood is taken 1, 4, 8, and 24 hours later. Normal plasma cortisol level should reach 1,000 nmol/L by 4 hours.
Primary adrenal insufficiency; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (21 but not 11β and 17) Aldosterone synthase deficiency; Secondary aldosterone deficiency; Secondary adrenal insufficiency; Diseases of the pituitary or hypothalamus; Hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism (due to decreased angiotensin 2 production as well as intra-adrenal dysfunction) [4]
The test is extremely sensitive (97% at 95% specificity) to primary adrenal insufficiency, but less so to secondary adrenal insufficiency (57–61% at 95% specificity); while secondary adrenal insufficiency may thus be dismissed by some interpreters on the basis of the test, additional testing may be called for if the probability of secondary ...
This is because secondary adrenal insufficiency is related to the pituitary gland and its ability to produce ACTH, which is not a hormone that regulates the production of Aldosterone from the adrenal gland. However, primary adrenal insufficiency is caused by damage to the adrenal glands, which leads to underproduction of the hormones. Primary ...
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The ACTH stimulation test is sometimes used to stimulate the production of aldosterone along with cortisol to determine if primary or secondary adrenal insufficiency is present. by plasma acidosis. by the stretch receptors located in the atria of the heart. by adrenoglomerulotropin, a lipid factor, obtained from pineal extracts. It selectively ...
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