Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion

"Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D047748
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.617.738.250.725 C19.700.355.800
Concept/Terms	Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion ACTH Hypersecretion, Pituitary Hypersecretion, Pituitary ACTH Cushing Disease, Pituitary Cushing Diseases, Pituitary Pituitary Cushing Disease Pituitary Cushing Diseases Pituitary-Dependant Hypercortisolism Disorder Hypercortisolism Disorder, Pituitary-Dependant Hypercortisolism Disorders, Pituitary-Dependant Pituitary Dependant Hypercortisolism Disorder Pituitary-Dependant Hypercortisolism Disorders Pituitary-Dependant Cushing Syndrome Cushing Syndrome, Pituitary-Dependant Pituitary Dependant Cushing Syndrome Pituitary-Dependant Hypercortisolism Hypercortisolism, Pituitary-Dependant Hypercortisolisms, Pituitary-Dependant Pituitary Dependant Hypercortisolism Pituitary-Dependant Hypercortisolisms Cushing Disease Disease, Cushing Pituitary Cushing Syndrome Cushing Syndrome, Pituitary Inappropriate ACTH Secretion Syndrome Inappropriate ACTH Secretion Syndrome Inappropriate Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Secretion Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, Inappropriate Secretion

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Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
Hypothalamic Diseases [C10.228.140.617]
Pituitary Diseases [C10.228.140.617.738]
Hyperpituitarism [C10.228.140.617.738.250]
Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion [C10.228.140.617.738.250.725]
Endocrine System Diseases [C19]
Pituitary Diseases [C19.700]
Hyperpituitarism [C19.700.355]
Pituitary ACTH Hypersecretion [C19.700.355.800]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2005	1	0	1
2013	2	0	2
2017	0	1	1
2024	2	0	2
2025	1	0	1

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Salcedo-Sifuentes JE, Shih R, Heaney AP, Bergsneider M, Wang MB, Donangelo I, Lee J, Delery W, Karsy M, Kshettry VR, Yuen KCJ, Evans JJ, Barkhoudarian G, Pacione DR, Gardner PA, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Benjamin C, Zada G, Rennert RC, Silverstein JM, Chicoine MR, Kim J, Li G, Little AS, Kim W. Cushing Disease Clinical Phenotype and Tumor Behavior Vary With Age: Diagnostic and Perioperative Implications. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Aug 07; 110(9):2595-2604.

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Findlay MC, Rennert RC, Lucke-Wold B, Couldwell WT, Evans JJ, Collopy S, Kim W, Delery W, Pacione DR, Kim AH, Silverstein JM, Kanga M, Chicoine MR, Gardner PA, Valappil B, Abdallah H, Sarris CE, Hendricks BK, Torok IE, Low TM, Crocker TA, Yuen KCJ, Vigo V, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Kshettry VR, Little AS, Karsy M. Impact of Frailty on Surgical Outcomes of Patients With Cushing Disease Using the Multicenter Registry of Adenomas of the Pituitary and Related Disorders Registry. Neurosurgery. 2025 Feb 01; 96(2):386-395.

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Little AS, Karsy M, Evans JJ, Kim W, Pacione DR, Kim AH, Gardner PA, Hendricks BK, Sarris CE, Torok IE, Low TM, Crocker TA, Valappil B, Kanga M, Abdallah H, Collopy S, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Vigo V, Ljubimov VA, Zada G, Garrett NE, Delery W, Yuen KCJ, Rennert RC, Couldwell WT, Silverstein JM, Kshettry VR, Chicoine MR. Multicenter Registry of Adenomas of the Pituitary and Related Disorders: Initial Description of Cushing Disease Cohort, Surgical Outcomes, and Surgeon Characteristics. Neurosurgery. 2024 Aug 01; 95(2):372-379.

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Graffeo CS, Perry A, Carlstrom LP, Meyer FB, Atkinson JLD, Erickson D, Nippoldt TB, Young WF, Pollock BE, Van Gompel JJ. Characterizing and predicting the Nelson-Salassa syndrome. J Neurosurg. 2017 Dec; 127(6):1277-1287.

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Wind JJ, Lonser RR, Nieman LK, DeVroom HL, Chang R, Oldfield EH. The lateralization accuracy of inferior petrosal sinus sampling in 501 patients with Cushing's disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Jun; 98(6):2285-93.

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Melcescu E, Gannon AW, Parent AD, Fratkin JF, Nicholas WC, Koch CA, Galhom A. Silent or Subclinical Corticotroph Pituitary Macroadenoma Transforming Into Cushing Disease: 11-Year Follow-up. Neurosurgery. 2013 Jan; 72(1):E144-6.

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Fox J, Woods SK, Gundakaram A, Varma SK, Huang YH, Wong KS. Index of suspicion. Pediatr Rev. 2005 Jul; 26(7):263-70.

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