secondary adrenal insufficiency
MONDO:0043370Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names secondary adrenal insufficiency yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A hormonal disorder that occurs when lack of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) secretion from the hypothalamus or adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion from the pituitary is responsible for hypofunction of the adrenal cortex.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0043370), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: secondary adrenal insufficiency
- Also called
- central adrenal insufficiencycentral Hypoadrenalismhypocortisolism secondary to another disorder