Which statement about Cushing’s disease is true?

Cushing’s disease involves excessive cortisol in the body, typically because a pituitary tumor produces too much ACTH, which stimulates the adrenal glands to make cortisol. Thus, “caused by excess cortisol production” is the true statement. A pituitary tumor can cause the disease, but Cushing’s disease itself is not a type of tumor.

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