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Descriptor
English
:
Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Hipersecreción de la Hormona Adrenocorticotrópica Pituitaria (HACT)
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Hipersecreção Hipofisária de ACTH
Synonyms
English
:
Cushing Disease
Inappropriate ACTH Secretion Syndrome
Inappropriate Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Secretion
Tree Number:
C10.228.140.617.738.250.725
C19.700.355.800
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not confuse X ref CUSHING
DISEASE
with
CUSHING SYNDROME
See Related
English
:
Cushing Syndrome
History Note
English
:
2005; for INAPPROPRIATE ACTH SECRETION SYNDROME use HYPERPITUITARISM 2000-2004
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
38634
Unique Identifier:
D047748
Occurrence in VHL
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