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  • Title: Adrenal insufficiency secondary to hypothalamic corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) insufficiency with hyperpigmentation: a case report.
    Author: Fehm HL, Voigt KH, Lang R, Hetzel WD, Pfeiffer EF.
    Journal: Horm Metab Res; 1976 Nov; 8(6):470-4. PubMed ID: 187535.
    Abstract:
    Partial adrenocortical insufficiency as a result of an insufficiency of the hypothalamic corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) was demonstrated in a 53-year-old female patient. Somatotropic, gonadotropic and thyreotropic functions of the pituitary gland were shown to be normal by a simultaneous pituitary stimulation test. This held true especially for the adrenocorticotrophic function: administration of lysine-vasopressin induced a normal rise in immunoreactive plasma-ACTH. Thus, a pituitary defect as a primary cause of the disease could be excluded and evidence was provided that there was a lack in hypothalamic stimulae absence of elevated ACTH levels hyperpigmentation of the skin existed. Possible explanations are discussed.
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