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- Addison's Disease
- Corticosteroid Hormones
- Hypoadrenocorticism
- Macular Pigmentation
- Insufficient Production
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Hypoadrenocorticism, insufficient production of corticosteroid hormone, caused by a destruction of the adrenal cortex, caused by autoimmune destruction, infections, or metastatic tumors. Fatigue, irritability, depression, weakness, and hypotension may be noted with a generalized hyperpigmentation of the skin and diffuse or patchy, brown, macular pigmentation of the oral mucosa.
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van der Wal, J.E. (2018). Addison’s Disease: Primary. In: van Krieken, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28845-1_2790-1
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