Cushing's syndrome
adrenal gland overactivity caused by a tumor of the pituitary gland or by medication
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Summary
Cushing's syndrome is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It draws 15,889 Wikipedia views per month (designated intractable rare disease category, ranking #23 of 201).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3], class of disease[4]
- Named after: Harvey Williams Cushing[5]
- Subclass of: adrenal gland hyperfunction[6]
- Commons category: Cushing's syndrome[7]
- ICPC 2 ID: T99[8]
- External data available at URL: http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/78[9]
- Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[10]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C2969[11]
- Health specialty: endocrinology[12]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: (RS)-mitotane[13], (RS)-aminoglutethimide[14]
- Exact match: http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:12252[15], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_12252[16]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[17]
- Possible medical findings: moon face[18]
- P14541: 1OzrxS[19]
Why It Matters
Cushing's syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]