Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a family of inherited disorders of steroidogenesis in which enzymatic defects result in impaired synthesis of cortisol by the adrenal cortex. One of the enzymes involved in this metabolic pathway is 11-beta hydroxylase, and CAH due to deficiency of this enzyme is characterized by the overproduction of adrenal androgens and deoxycorticosterone, leading to virilization of the female fetus, pseudoprecocious puberty in male infants, and hypertension with or without hypokalemia in both genders.