Diseases

Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion

A disease of the PITUITARY GLAND characterized by the excess amount of ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE secreted. This leads to hypersecretion of cortisol (HYDROCORTISONE) by the ADRENAL GLANDS resulting in CUSHING SYNDROME.

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Abstract

A disease of the PITUITARY GLAND characterized by the excess amount of ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE secreted. This leads to hypersecretion of cortisol (HYDROCORTISONE) by the ADRENAL GLANDS resulting in CUSHING SYNDROME.

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22 entry terms
  • Cushing Disease
  • Cushing Disease, Pituitary
  • Cushing's Disease
  • Pituitary Cushing Syndrome
  • Pituitary-Dependant Cushing Syndrome
  • Pituitary-Dependant Hypercortisolism
  • Pituitary-Dependant Hypercortisolism Disorder
  • Cushing Syndrome, Pituitary
  • Cushing Syndrome, Pituitary-Dependant
  • Disease, Cushing
  • Hypercortisolism Disorder, Pituitary-Dependant
  • Hypercortisolism, Pituitary-Dependant
  • Hypersecretion, Pituitary ACTH
  • Pituitary Cushing Disease
  • Pituitary Dependant Cushing Syndrome
  • Pituitary Dependant Hypercortisolism
  • Pituitary Dependant Hypercortisolism Disorder
  • Pituitary-Dependant Hypercortisolism Disorders
  • Pituitary-Dependant Hypercortisolisms
  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Inappropriate Secretion
  • Inappropriate ACTH Secretion Syndrome
  • Inappropriate Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Secretion

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse entry term CUSHING DISEASE with CUSHING SYNDROME

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History Note

2005; for INAPPROPRIATE ACTH SECRETION SYNDROME use HYPERPITUITARISM 2000-2004

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Previous Indexing

  • Cushing Syndrome (1973-2004)
  • Pituitary Neoplasms (1973-2004)

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  1. C10w.228w.140w.617w.738w.250w.725w
  2. C19w.700w.355w.800w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D047748. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D047748
  2. Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituitary_ACTH_hypersecretion
  3. Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11312280