Rare forms of genetic paediatric adrenal insufficiency: Excluding congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Abstract Adrenal insufficiency (AI) is a severe endocrine disorder characterized by insufficient glucocorticoid (GC) and/or mineralocorticoid (MC) secretion by the adrenal glands, due to impaired adrenal function (primary adrenal insufficiency, PAI) or to insufficient adrenal stimulation by pituitary ACTH (secondary adrenal insufficiency, SAI) or tertiary adrenal insufficiency due to hypothalamic dysfunction. In this review, we describe rare genetic causes of PAI with isolated GC or combined GC and MC deficiencies and we also describe rare syndromes of isolated MC deficiency. In children, the most frequent cause of PAI is congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), a group of adrenal disorders related to steroidogenic enzyme deficiencies, which will not be included in this review. Less frequently, several rare diseases can cause PAI, either affecting exclusively the adrenal glands or with systemic involvement. The diagnosis of these diseases is often challenging, due to the heterogeneity of their clinical presentation and to their rarity. Therefore, the current review aims to provide an overview on these rare genetic forms of paediatric PAI, offering a review of genetic and clinical features and a summary of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, promoting awareness among practitioners, and favoring early diagnosis and optimal clinical management in suspect cases..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

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Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders - 24(2023), 2 vom: 10. Feb., Seite 345-363

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hasenmajer, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Ferrigno, Rosario [VerfasserIn]
Minnetti, Marianna [VerfasserIn]
Pellegrini, Bianca [VerfasserIn]
Isidori, Andrea M. [VerfasserIn]
Lenzi, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Salerno, Mariacarolina [VerfasserIn]
Cappa, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Li [VerfasserIn]
De Martino, Maria Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Savage, Martin O. [VerfasserIn]

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Addison
Adrenal insufficiency
Adrenoleukodystrophy
Aldosteron
Aldosterone Synthase
Allgrove syndrome
Cortisol
Familial glucocorticoid deficiency
Intrauterine growth retardation syndromes
Pseudohypoaldosteronism
Steroidogenesis
Triple A syndrome

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© The Author(s) 2023

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10.1007/s11154-023-09784-7

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SPR049724827