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Descriptor English:   Cushing Syndrome 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndrome de Cushing 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndrome de Cushing 
Tree Number:   C19.053.800.367
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not confuse with CUSHING DISEASE see PITUITARY ACTH HYPERSECRETION
See Related English:   Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion
 
History Note English:   99(66) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
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diet therapy diagnosis
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metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy urine
ultrasonography veterinary
virology  
Record Number:   3500 
Unique Identifier:   D003480 

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