the rarity of similar cases in the literature seems to indicate that insufficient feedback suppression of acth-producing cells in treated addison 's disease does not by itself induce the development of a pituitary adenoma , but might promote the growth of an independently and coincidentally occurring microadenoma , which would have caused cushing 's disease in a person with intact adrenal glands .
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addison 's
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adrenal glands