Chapter 4 - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)»Disorders of other endocrine glands (E20-E35)»Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease (E24.0)
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Pituitary-dependent Cushing's disease
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Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion21 drugs (15 approved, 6 experimental)
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.