/Cushing disease due to pituitary adenoma

Cushing disease due to pituitary adenoma

Rare Disease

MONDO:0009050

Also Known As

ACTH producing pituitary adenomaCushing diseaseCushing disease, pituitaryCushing's diseasePITA4corticotroph pituitary adenomapituitary adenoma 4, ACTH-secretingpituitary adenoma 4, ACTH-secreting, somaticpituitary adenoma, ACTH-secretingpituitary corticotroph micro-adenomapituitary dependent Cushing syndromepituitary-dependent Cushing syndromeACTH-secreting pituitary adenomaCorticotropinomacorticotroph adenoma

Definition

A form of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-dependent Cushing syndrome, an endogenous Cushing syndrome (CS), characterized by chronic over-secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) due to a pituitary corticotroph adenoma.