Adrenal insufficiency - Causes. 1  Causes of acute adrenal insufficiency are mainly sudden withdrawal of long-term corticosteroid therapy, Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, and stress in people with underlying chronic adrenal insufficiency.
Lipoatrophy is a common complication of protease inhibitor administration in HIV patients. These are antiretroviral medications that may lead to central fat accumulation and fat tissue loss in other parts of the body. Lipoatrophy caused by HIV medications are usually generalized or total.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Choreoathetosis is the occurrence of involuntary movements in a combination of chorea and athetosis. It is caused by many different diseases and agents. It is a symptom of several diseases, including Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome, Phenylketonuria and Huntington disease.