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Cushing disease

pathology
Also known as: pituitary basophilism

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causes and symptoms

  • human adrenal gland
    In adrenal gland: Diseases of the adrenal glands

    …the pituitary gland (known as Cushing disease), production of corticotropin by a nonendocrine tumour, or a benign or malignant adrenal tumour. All these disorders are treated most effectively by surgical removal of the tumour. Androgen excess in women is characterized by excessive hair growth on the face and other regions…

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  • In Cushing syndrome

    …pituitary gland, it is called Cushing disease.

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  • The principal glands of the female and male human endocrine systems.
    In human endocrine system: Endocrine hyperfunction

    …of such a situation is Cushing disease, in which a small pituitary tumour produces excess quantities of adrenocorticotropin that cause hyperfunction and hyperplasia of the adrenal glands.

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