Alternative titles and symbols : Cushing disease, pituitary;
Description : Cushing 'disease' is a condition associated with increased blood cortisol resulting
from adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-producing pituitary tumors that are resistant
to glucocorticoid negative feedback (Bilodeau et al., 2006). ACTH is formed as a precursor
from the POMC gene product (176830). See also Cushing 'syndrome' (219080), in which
excess cortisol secretion results from adrenocortical pathology.;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive vs. dominant MEN1;