Chapter 4 - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)»Disorders of other endocrine glands (E20-E35)»Cushing's syndrome (E24)
E24
Cushing's syndrome
Sub-codes (7)
- E24.0 Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
1 indication for 21 drugs
- E24.1 Nelson's syndrome
1 indication for 1 drug
- E24.2 Drug-induced Cushing's syndrome
- E24.3 Ectopic ACTH syndrome
1 indication for 2 drugs
- E24.4 Alcohol-induced pseudo-Cushing's syndrome
- E24.8 Other Cushing's syndrome
- E24.9 Cushing's syndrome, unspecified
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Cushing Syndrome35 drugs (24 approved, 11 experimental)
A condition caused by prolonged exposure to excess levels of cortisol (HYDROCORTISONE) or other GLUCOCORTICOIDS from endogenous or exogenous sources. It is characterized by upper body OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; HYPERTENSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HIRSUTISM; AMENORRHEA; and excess body fluid. Endogenous Cushing syndrome or spontaneous hypercortisolism is divided into two groups, those due to an excess of ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN and those that are ACTH-independent.